Which owner of a Clavia Nord Lead / Rack 2X has never wished to modify its countless sound synthesis parameters using a computer graphic editor? This type of functionality, the well-known Swedish company, has always and only offered it to owners of Nord Wave and Nord Electro 3, through the Nord Sample Editor. We lovers of the Lead series have always suffered from the lack of a graphic editor. Sifting through the network it seems that someone has found an interesting solution.
Developer Piet Kaempfer, aka Protonic, user of the growing family of Max for Live, has created a plugin called Nord Lead 2X Remote (version 1.3) which allows you to control, modify, and manage the entire sound synthesis engine of the notorious Swedish synth through a graphic interface to be loaded into ableton live.
Max for Live is a development environment, based on a technology called MAX 6, which offers the opportunity to create midi instruments, devices for sound analysis and effects.
Inside Ableton Live 8.3 the development platform of Max had already been introduced, renamed Max for Live. With the release 9 of Ableton Live, Max has been integrated into the program, thus offering native support.
Given therefore that we must have installed a version of Ableton on our computer (possibly from version 9 upwards), we just need to download the plugin developed by Protonica from the Max for Live website, and we could have fun modifying all the parameters of the Nord Lead / Rack 2X through a graphic interface that also offers a practical import / export, saving in patches for ableton, automations and modulations of all sound synthesis parameters.
For some features of this plugin, the developer points out that it is necessary to install the SysEx Bridge of which he provides the link in the installation guide published on the Max for Live website.
Delivering ...
- Version 9 of Ableton live (with older versions you will need a Max for Live installation)
- SysExBridge
- NordLead 2x Remote plugins
And that's it…
Key Features:
- Possibility to connect the Nord Lead / Rack 2X directly to your DAW
- Edit all synth audio parameters from the plug-in
- Load and save patches in Ableton
- Import and Export of patches to and from the Nord lead (SysEx Bridge required)
- Automation and modulation of all sound parameters
- View and edit all Morph / Velocity parameters (SysEx Bridge required)
- Use up to 4 layers for multi-sequencing or stacking (load and drive 4 MIDI tracks on different channels)
- If you edit any knob from the synth, you can see its movement directly in the plugin
- Send patches from the plugin to the synthesizer, modify the buffer and save directly from the plugin
- Total recall: when opening the project with the plugin, all parameters are automatically sent to the synth
- Randomization of patches to find new ideas and ideas for innovative sounds
- Access to the "hidden" filter (Notch)
- Low CPU usage
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Andrea Genito
Who from the Clavia Nord Lead/Rack 2X owner has ever wanted to change the many sound synthesis parameters by a graphical editor for computer? This type of functionality has always been offered by the well-known Swedish brand only to the Nord Wave and Nord Electro 3 holders, through the Nord Sample Editor. The Lead series fans have always felt the lack of a graphical editor. Looking up on the web it seems that someone has found an interesting solution.
The developer Piet Kaempfer, aka Proton, a member of the even larger of Max for Live family, has created a plugin called Nord Lead 2X Remote (version 1.3) that allows us to precisely control, modify, and manage the entire engine sound synthesis of the famous Swedish synth through a graphical interface to be loaded in ableton live.
Max for Live is a development environment, based on a technology called MAX 6, which provides the opportunity to create midi instruments, devices for the sound analysis, and effects.
Within Ableton Live 8.3 it was already introduced the development platform of Max, renamed Max for Live. With the Ableton Live release 9, Max has been integrated into the program, thus providing native support.
Given then that we need an Ableton installation (possibly from version 9 and newer are better), we can just download the plugin developed by Proton from the Max for Live website, and start to change all the Nord Lead/Rack 2X parameters through a graphical interface that also allows us to import/export, save patches for ableton, automate and modulate all the of sound synthesis parameters.
In order to use some features of this plugin, the developer points out that it is necessary to install the SysEx Bridge of which he provides the link in the installation guide published on the Max for Live web site
Summarizing…
- Ableton Live Release 9 (with older version you need to install Max for Live)
- SysExBridge
- NordLead 2x Remote plugins
That's all…
Features:
- Connect your Nord Lead/Rack 2X directly into your DAW
- Edit all sound parameters of your synth from the plug-in
- Load and save patches in Ableton
- Import & Export patches from/to your Nord Lead hardware (SysEx Bridge required)
- Automation & modulation of all sound parameters
- View and edit all Morph/Velocity parameters (SysEx Bridge required)
- Use up to 4 Layers for multi-sequencing or stacking (you have to load and route 4 instances to different MIDI tracks)
- If you edit any knob from your Nord Lead hardware, you can see it moving directly from the plugin
- Send patches from the plugin to your synthesizers edit buffer and save them from there
- Total recall: when you open the project with the plugin, all the parameters are automatically sent to the Nord Lead hardware
- Randomize your patches to find freaky sounds and new ideas
- Access to the “Secret” filter type (Notch)
- Low CPU usage
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Andrea Genito
