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Description
Unleash your creativity with the Clavia Nord Modular G2 Synthesizer, an innovative tool designed to elevate your sound experiments to new heights. Whether you're a seasoned performer or an adventurous sound designer, this second-generation marvel offers a highly flexible user interface that transforms real-time editing into an immersive experience. Perfectly crafted for live performances, the Nord Modular G2 provides endless possibilities for sonic exploration.
Step into a world of seamless control as you navigate through its intuitive setup. With a plethora of knobs and controllers at your fingertips, crafting unique soundscapes is both an art and a science. The 24-bit, 96 kHz A/D and D/A converters ensure that every note is delivered with pristine clarity, while the four analog audio inputs, including an XLR mic input, offer ample room for integrating external signals.
The G2’s powerful software, the Modular G2 Patch Editor, presents a user-friendly platform with its color-coded modules and real-time USB communication, allowing for immediate feedback and easy patch editing. With over a hundred modules at your disposal, creating complex patches has never been simpler. The adaptable modules adjust bandwidth according to your needs, enhancing both polyphony and functionality without the hassle of manual module replacement.
Dive into the world of morphing with 8 Morph Groups per patch, offering you the ability to control a multitude of parameters from a single source. Whether you're diving into traditional synth patches or venturing into the realm of step sequencers, the Nord Modular G2 Synthesizer makes every musical journey a captivating adventure.
Key Features:
- Highly flexible user interface for real-time editing
- 24-bit, 96 kHz A/D and D/A converters for superior audio quality
- Four analog audio inputs, including an XLR mic input
- Modular G2 Patch Editor with over 100 modules
- 8 Morph Groups per patch for extensive control
- Real-time USB communication for immediate patch feedback
Product specs
| Brand | Nord |
| Model | Modular G2 37-Key Synthesizer |
| Finish | Red |
| Year | 2004 - 2009 |
| Categories | Digital Synthesizers, Keyboard Synths |
| Analog / Digital | Digital |
| Key Size | Full Size |
| Keyboard Action | Synth Action |
| MIDI I/O | MIDI Input, MIDI Output, MIDI Through, USB MIDI |
| Number of Keys | 37 Keys |
| Polyphony | 32 Voices |
FAQs
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Is the Nord Modular G2 Synthesizer polyphonic?
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Yes, the Nord Modular G2 Synthesizer is polyphonic, offering up to 32 voices, which allows for complex and layered sound design.
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What type of connectivity options does the Nord Modular G2 offer?
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The Nord Modular G2 features MIDI Input, MIDI Output, MIDI Through, and USB MIDI, providing versatile connectivity for integration with other gear and computers.
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How does the Nord Modular G2 differ from other synthesizers?
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The Nord Modular G2 stands out with its modular design, allowing users to create custom patches using a computer interface, offering unparalleled flexibility and creativity in sound design.
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Can I use the Nord Modular G2 Synthesizer with my DAW?
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Yes, the Nord Modular G2 can be integrated with most DAWs through its USB MIDI connectivity, allowing for seamless control and interaction with your digital audio workstation.
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What are the key features of the Nord Modular G2's sound engine?
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The Nord Modular G2's sound engine is highly modular, enabling users to design and manipulate sounds with a wide array of virtual modules, offering extensive creative possibilities.
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Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about Clavia Nord Modular G2 Synthesizer.
Features and functionality
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The G2x keyboard version is often regarded as the best offering from Clavia's Nord Modular lineup.
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The Nord Modular G2 requires manual assignment of MIDI CC for each knob via the computer patch editor, limiting one knob per CC except for mod wheel and control pedal CCs.
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Sending CC1 will modulate the mod wheel, allowing multiple settings to be assigned, providing more flexibility in modulation options.
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Software and compatibility
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The Nord G2 software editor may require adjustments to function on modern Windows systems.
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While the Nord processes and generates sound on hardware, editing is software-based, offering a unique workflow compared to other systems.
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The Nord G2's manual has a detailed MIDI Implementation Chart, but specific CC values need manual assignment, which can be complex for new users.
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The Nord Modular G2 editor allows CC assignment through right-click functionality, which some users initially overlook but find useful once discovered.
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Comparisons
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The Grid in Bitwig is deemed more flexible than the Nord Modular's capabilities, though it requires additional patching for similar results.
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User experience
Critic Reviews
5.0 out of 5
Based on 2 Reviews and 6 Ratings
In theTop 5 best synthesizers ever made, analog or digital
Once you own or play one of these, its hard to imagine life without one.
In theTop 5 best synthesizers ever made, analog or digital
Once you own or play one of these, its hard to imagine life without one.
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The Nord Modular G2 can be spotted in Calvin Harris' studio.
What are you up to at the moment? I hear a lot of noises in the background. In the studio working on bits of our live set. Fine tuning. We’re using the Elektron SPS-1UW and SFX-60 alongside a Nord modular G2 and an Akai MPC1000, with a bitstream controller. It is a similar setup to what we used to use back in 1993, but slicker basically and a lot more capable. We used laptops for a while, between 1996 and 2002, and we had tons of crashes. Home made sequencers we would modify on the road and which would always be pretty buggy as a result of that didn’t help. There were other factors obviously: OS and driver updates, club conditions, heat and humidity.
"...Since the first album we've had this. It’s one of the best out there for re-creating vintage sounds. Especially the second generation, which they call the G2. I have the original and the G2, and you can basically re-create any synthesizer if you know its basic structure and signal path. The G2 series has options to do the FM synthesis of the Yamaha DX7, which so much of the digital-sounding part of '80s songs relied on. You can even import old DX7 patches as Sys-Ex data, right into the Nord! Between the Nord and Native Instruments FM7, I don’t need my DX7 anymore!"
You can see Sascha's Nord Modular G2 in this picture. He also states in the interview "On the last tour, I used a Nord Modular, an old one, the G2. And I reprogrammed all the sounds, just because I wanted to have more access to the parameters. Only using samples was a little too limiting. {In the new live show,] I still use the Nord for the old sounds"
In the video, Richard Devine says, "I've worked with Nord, designing factory content for them."
Four seconds into their studio blog, Infected Mushroom shows their Nord Modular G2 on the bottom-center of the shot, along with many other controllers.
Among Tim Hecker's gear in this picture is a Korg nanokontrol and a Nord Modular G2.
In this photo taken from an xlr8r article, we see a Clavia Nord Modular G2 on Nosaj Thing's desk.
Legowelt describes the Clavia Nord Modular G2 Synthesizer as "the world's most powerful synthesizer" on his official website, highlighting its significance in his setup.
Per this May 04, 2021 feature from gearnews.de:
There is a photo of the clear studio from that time in the transition to the two absolutely different-floating-sounding albums (Evil) Off or (Fuck) up evil. There is a Korg Z1 perched and the 2003 album Pulse is released. The Nord Modular & G2 series is clearly involved here. There are some contemporaries in the studio.
Album Usage
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