Clavia Announces 2.0 Upgrade for Nord Modular
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This Patch shows the new 16 band Vocoder with re-routable bands connected with a Spectral Oscillator plus the new exciting Phaser module.
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This Patch shows to new drum synthesizer module. Designed to produce drum sounds with that "right" punchy character. In this patch connected with a Parametric Equalizer and the new Compressor/Limiter module.
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June 16, 1998A new software release is about to be available from Clavia DMI AB for the Nord Modular - virtual modular synthesizer. The Modular was launched in December 1997 and has been praised in music press world-wide as being one of the most innovative synthesizers in the history of synthesis. Besides being used amongst musicians and sound developers throughout the world, the synthesizer is now also making its way into schools and universities, because of its educational features. Its pedagogical interface is a perfect tool for use in the study of sound generation and sound processing.
Clavia now introduces the new 2.0 software upgrade offering many new and exciting building blocks (modules) and an improved handling of the Editor functions.
One highly awaited feature in the 2.0 upgrade is the release of the 16 band Vocoder. After months of research with some famous analog predecessors, the Clavia development team have constructed a Vocoder that sounds and behaves just like the best analog models. The musicality of the outputs in the new Modular Vocoder is unsurpassable. The Modular Vocoder offers a unique feature. The user is now able to re-route bands to their desire.
Another exciting new feature that comes with the 2.0 upgrade is the appearance of a complete drum synthesizer module. The specially designed drum module offers great analog drum sounds. Right from the start the user gets pre programmed templates with typical analog drum sounds with that "right" punchy character. Remember the drum sounds from the Eighties? With the new drum synthesizer it's a breeze to make up that perfect analog drum sound.
There are several new audio modifiers available such as; A Phaser with positive and negative feedback offering adjustable numbers of up to 6 notch/peaks, Compression/Limiter in stereo and Expander/Gate in stereo.
Clavia continues to make available filters with that right "in your face" analog behavior that have been so unique with the Nord products. Now they add, Parametric Equalizer, Bass and Treble filters to their Filter section.
New oscillator modules
- Formant wave oscillator, a new type of Oscillator offering spectral control.
- Sinus Oscillator Bank. A six-pack of sinus waveforms in one module.
News in the envelope department
- ADSR and AHD envelopes with separate modulation inputs.
- 2 different multi-steps envelops.
Among the more odd modules you will find:
- Looped Staircase generator with a random function.
- Programmable key-scale quantizer.
The 2.0 upgrade also incorporates new tools to built new patches such as Copy/Paste and Undo. Thanks to this new function, the user is able to copy modules in the Patch and save them as Templates for future use.
There have also been advances made with the new download procedure. It's now much easier to load banks of Patches back and forth between the Modular and the PC.
The detailed description of all new features in the 2.0 Upgrade, together with bug reports and fixes, will be available at our web site.
The new software will be available free of charge at Clavia Web site:
http://www.clavia.se/nordmodular/updates.html
Patch Library
Clavia announces the release of the updated Nord Modular patch library. Sound Developers around the world contributes with more exciting sounds for the instrument. All Patches are available free of charge at Clavia Web site:
http://www.clavia.se/nordmodular/sounds/
Availability
The Modular 2.0 update will be available in July '98 and the updated Patch library is available in June 98. Nord Modular software update 2.0 and updated Patch library can be downloaded free of charge from the Clavia web site (www.clavia.se). For more information, visit their web site at www.clavia.se. | 
