Gear · synthesizer
Clavia Nord Rack
Virtual-analogue polysynth (rack module), 1990s (the Nord Lead it is based on was released in 1995). Rack-mounted version of the Nord Lead. Virtual analogue: DSP chips model analogue subtractive synthesis, including oscillator cross-modulation, rather than using analogue circuits.
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Records it appears on · 2
- Believe
Cher · Believe, 1998
- Effects and processing · InstrumentVerifiedSupplied the carrier tone for the vocal effect, with its notes sequenced from Cubase to follow the vocal melody.
- Genie in a Bottle
Christina Aguilera · Christina Aguilera, 1999
- Synths and keys · InstrumentVerifiedUsed for the synth sounds in the introduction, shaped by hand with the knobs and pitch-bend while playing.
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A virtual-analogue synth modelled on the Nord Lead 2, the direct successor to the synth inside this rack.
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Nord Lead A1
The Nord Lead that Clavia makes now, a later virtual-analogue design in the same line.
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