Nord NW49 Wave Non-Weighted Synth Action Keyboard
Nord NW49 Wave Non-Weighted Synth Action Keyboard
The Nord Wave gives you traditional analog sounds that interact and coexist with pretty much anything you want; by combining analog, FM synthesis, wavetable and sampled waveforms – you can use literally any standard audio file as a sound source. It is a great sample player and analog synthesizer, and so much more!The introduction of sample players in the mid eighties created a gap in the world of synthesizers – a gap that twenty years later only has grown wider. The Nord Wave closes that gap, and brings the user replaceable samples to life again by integrating them in a virtual analog environment. Does the better of two worlds sound too pretentious for you? Wait until you have heard the Wave.
What it is all about
By having two oscillators capable of producing a vast array of sounds from classic analog waveforms (with sync), FM synthesis, wavetables, sampled waves (single cycle waveforms with attack) as well as noise and other miscellaneous waveforms, the Nord Wave has an unprecedented pallet of sounds for you to use as foundation.
Need a rich and full string quartet? No problem, just call up a string sample. Want a highly resonant screaming lead? Sure; virtual analog is there, but why not combine them, not just mix them together? With the Wave, you can create an analog lead with the harmonic content of the sampled string quartet!
With oscillator modulation you can transfer the character of one sound to the other – for instance, a sampled string to an analog square. By controlling the amount of modulation the effect can range from very subtle to extremely aggressive, so that the original waveforms are no longer recognizable.Within moments you will experience sounds never heard before, sounds that will function as a great source of inspiration and lift the joy of playing and sound design to new levels.
Digital samples in an analog enviroment
The sound of a resonant filter with a 24 dB slope applied to a sampled sound brings it so much to life that some times this is all you need, but there are many other parameters available to affect your samples. All elements of an analog synthesizer can be incorporated: amplifier and modulation envelopes, LFOs, filters, and effects.
Some convenient sample modifications are also available. By using alternative start points, you can skip the attack portion of the sample and only use the body of the sound for e.g. modulation purposes.
Oscillator modulation
Oscillator 1 uses two types of oscillator modulation to bring out different characteristics to a blended sound: Phase Modulation and Frequency Modulation. Disparate sounds can be achieved depending on the combination of waveforms generated by the two oscillators – using oscillator modulation, particular characteristics of those waveforms can be seamlessly blended and enhanced to make a new kind of sound.
An analog triangle waveform will adopt much of the details of the modulating waveform and make an almost transparent, synthesized effect using Phase Modulation. An analog saw waveform will still sound hard when modulated, so wavetables can be used instead to create variations in tonal character.Frequency Modulation has a more dramatic effect, widening the harmonic content and preserving more of the character of the original waveform.
High quality samples
Clavia online offers a large number of top quality samples specially created for the Nord Wave – available free of charge.
User friendly technology
By storing sample data in a Flash memory, existing samples can be easily and quickly replaced, including the factory preset samples.
Clavia’s compression algorithm allows for, on average, 2 to 3 times data compression of any samples you want to download to the Nord Wave – without any loss of quality.Flash memory also means t
