Gear · synthesizer
Clavia Nord Rack 2
Virtual-analogue polysynth (rack module), 1997 onwards. Rack version of the Nord Lead 2: virtual analogue, modelling analogue circuits in DSP, with 16 voices, ring modulation and simple FM. The Nord Lead 2 raised polyphony to 16 notes and added separate outputs.
Source, read 15 Nov 2026
Records it appears on · 1
- Sandstorm
Darude · Before the Storm, 1999
- Strings and arpeggio · InstrumentVerifiedPlayed the arpeggio that begins in the second break of the long mix.
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Modelled on the Nord Lead 2, the keyboard version of this rack, and it can load that synth's own patches.
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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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