Nord NLEAD-A1 Lead A1 Analog Modeling Synthesizer

The Nord Lead A1 analog modeling synthesizer will change your concept of synthesis. Whether you're onstage or in the studio, the Lead A1's innovative architecture lets you quickly amass a huge arsenal of stunning sounds that work perfectly across musical genres. Nord gave the A1 a fast, intuitive interface that lets you whip up awesome patches fast, and at the same time encourages experimentation. Blast out a run on the splittable 49-note Fatar keybed while sweeping the filter. Sounds and feels incredible, doesn't it? And with a curb weight of under 11 pounds, the Nord Lead A1 makes an ideal gigging synth.

General Features:

• 24-note polyphony, 4-part multitimbral
• Keyboard split with two slots for upper and lower sections
• Modulation wheel, Pitch Stick with no dead zone at zero crossing
• Unique oscillator concept with eight configurations:
• Pitch, Detune, Shape, Sync, AM, Noise, Sub Mix, FM
• Traditional analog and digital waveforms
• Unison mode and Extra Fat Unison mode adds girth to your sounds
• LFO with five waveforms
• Mod envelope; LFO as additional ModEnv
• 12 and 24dB lowpass filters
• Highpass and bandpass filters
• Transistor and diode ladder filter simulations of Mini and TB-303
• Effects: Ensemble, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Ring Modulator, Drive
• Master Clock Sync of Arpeggiator, LFO, and Delay
• Velocity and Mod Wheel Morph
• USB MIDI integrates the Lead A1 with your DAW
• Like Button lets you save what you've done into a temporary list and continue editing
• Mutator lets you adjust elements by set percentages to easily create variations on a patch
• 3 LED displays, 23 knobs, three encoders, and 20+ buttons for program and performance editing
• Sustain and expression pedal inputs
• Highly portable: weighs 10.7 pounds
• Hand-crafted in Sweden

Tech Specs:

• Type: Keyboard Synthesizer
• Sound Engine: Modeling
• Number of Keys: 49
• Type of Keys: Synth Action
• Velocity Sensitive: Yes
• Other Controllers: Pitch Stick, Mod Wheel
• Polyphony: 26 Notes
• Number of Effects: 6
• Effects Types: Ensemble, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Ring Modulator, Drive
• Arpeggiator: Yes
• Audio Outputs: 4 x 1/4"
• Headphones: 1 x 1/4"
• USB: 1 x Type B
• MIDI I/O: In/Out/USB
• Pedal Inputs: 1 x Sustain, 1 x Expression
• Power Source: Internal
• Height: 3.7"
• Width: 34"
• Depth: 10.7"
• Weight: 10.7 lbs.
• Manufacturer Part Number: AMS-NLEAD-A1

Warning:
This product can expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information, go to P65Warnings.ca.