Description
POLYPHONY
• 24 voices. 4 part multitimbral.
PERFORMANCE CONTROLLERS
• 4-octave Velocity and Aftertouch sensitive keyboard with Octave Shift functionality (+/- 2 octaves).
• Keyboard Split (two sections). Modulation Wheel. Pitch Stick with no dead zone at zero crossing.
• Chord Memory / Stack.
• Keyboard Hold.
• Sustain Pedal and Control Pedal input.
USER INTERFACE
• 2 x 16 character backlit LCD and 3-digit LED.
• 26 rotary encoder knobs with circular LED graphs for instant control.
• 4 regular knobs and 45 buttons.
• Big Rotary Dial encoder for system editing, sound selection, MIDI functions etc.
ARPEGGIO
• Master Clock / MIDI-synchable Arpeggiator with Sub Arpeggiator and Mask function.
VIBRATO
• Global Vibrato that affects all voices in the sound. Controllable from Mod Wheel or Aftertouch.
GLIDE
• Glide, Auto Glide. Polyphonic Glide (in Legato mode). Rate control.
VOICE MODE
• Monophonic, Monophonic with Highest or Lowest Note Priority, Monophonic Legato, Monophonic Legato with Highest or Lowest Note Priority, Polyphonic Legato (with polyphonic Glide if you like)
UNISON
• Adjustable stereo Unison with retained full polyphony. 5 detuned virtual voices per note (2 in the left channel, 2 in the right channel and 1 in the center)
MODULATION SECTION
• LFO1 and LFO2, each featuring: Master Clock / MIDI-synchable LFO. 6 waveforms: Square, Triangle, Sawtooth, Random Step, Smooth Random, Special. 12 destinations. Free running / Hard-sync / Single Cycle and Mono modes. Rate and Amount controls. Separate LFOs for each voice.
• MOD ENV: Attack / Decay or Attack / Release Envelope with Lin / Exp Attack. Envelope / Repeat modes. 12 destinations. Attack, Decay / Release and Amount controls. Separate Envelopes for each voice.
OSCILLATOR SECTION
• OSC1 and OSC2 with six shapable waveforms each: Triangle, Sawtooth, Pulse, Sine, Noise and Dual Sine. 1 additional sync oscillator per oscillator group.
• Dual Sine mode for 2 or 4 operator FM synthesis. Synchable Noise for formant type of sounds.
• OSC1: Shape / Sync / DFM Amount control.
• OSC2: Coarse Tuning / Modulator semitones,
• Fine Tuning / Carrier partial, Shape / Sync / FM Amount and Keyboard Tracking controls.
• Oscillator Modulation featuring Distortion, Linear FM, Differential FM, Filter FM, AM/RM, Distortion Modulation and Noise.
• Oscillator Mix / Noise control.
• AMPLIFIER SECTION
• ADSR Envelope with Lin / Exp Attack. Level (Gain) controls.
FILTER SECTION
• Single Filter Mode: Lowpass 6, 12 or 24 dB/Octave, Highpass 6, 12 or 24 dB/Octave, Bandpass 12 or 24 dB/Octave, Band reject 12 or 24 dB/Octave, Classic Lowpass 24 dB/Octave, Distorted Lowpass • 12 or 24 dB/Octave. Frequency and Resonance controls.
• Multi Filter Mode: HP-LP in series 12 dB/Octave, HP-LP in parallel 12 dB/Octave, LP-BP in parallel 12 and 6+6 dB/Octave, BP-BP in parallel 2 x (6+6) dB/Octave, Multi Peak, Multi Notch. 2 x Frequency and 1 Resonance controls.
• ADSR Envelope with Lin / Exp Attack, Envelope Amount / Velocity, Positive / Invert. Keyboard Tracking and Oscillator Bypass controls.
MORPH GROUPS
• Four separate Morph groups per sound. Up to 26 parameters can be assigned to each Morph Group. Control sources: Keyboard Velocity, Keyboard Range, Keyboard Aftertouch/Control Pedal, Mod Wheel.
MEMORY
• Flash Memory (no backup battery required).
• 8 x 128 (1024) Programs and 2 x 128 (256) Performances and OS. SysEx Dumps via MIDI to and from a sequencer / computer.
MIDI
• All knobs and buttons for sound editing send and receive MIDI Control Change Messages.
• MIDI SysEx bulk dumps: single Program or complete Program Banks, single Performance or complete Performance Banks. MIDI Clock hard-sync of LFOs and Arpeggiator.
CONNECTIONS
• 4 separate assignable Audio outputs
• Headphones
• Control Pedal input
• Sustain Pedal input
• MIDI IN, MIDI OUT, MIDI THRU.
• Detachable power cord.
MEASUREMENT
• Nord Lead 3 870 mm (« ), 278 mm (« ), 100 (« )
• Nord Rack 3 mm (« ), mm (« ), mm (« )
WEIGHT
• Nord Lead 3 6,3 kg (lb)
• Nord Rack 3 kg (lb)
