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  Clavia DMI was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1983 by HansNordelius and Mikael Carlsson. In a basement in a southern suburb of Stockholm they created the world's first dedicated digital drum for the commercial market, the 'Digital Percussion Plate 1'.

From 1983 and on, Clavia has developed several groundbreaking digital percussion systems under the name ddrum, and in 1995 we also entered the synthesizer market with the world's first, and according to many still the best, 'virtual analog' synthesizer, the Nord Lead.

Today, there a're 20 people working at Clavia. The R&D department consists of a hardware and concept designer and five programmers. Three people work with marketing, sales and support and they have two purchasers and one financial controller. All Clavia electronic products are assembled and thoroughly tested in house
 
 
Nord Lead 2X & Nord Rack 2X
 
 
  Nord Lead 2X & Nord Rack 2X
The original Nord Lead and Nord Lead 2 are among the most popular synthesizers ever built. Used extensively in studios, on stage and on records by the world's greatest artists, the Nord Leads have contributed with their characteristic sound on hit song after hit song. And of course, that's how we want to keep it!

So why change a winning concept, you may ask. Well, we didn't change the concept - or the sound, for that matter. We simply improved the concept and upgraded the hardware to make it possible for the Virtual Analog sound to live on for many more years to come!

The Nord Lead 2X has the same characteristic sound and functions as the Nord Lead 2, except for some very nice improvements:


X-tra polyphony: The Nord Lead 2X comes with 20 voices polyphony - very useful when creating layered sounds, "power pads", awesome leads and booming basses. 20 voices are also very beneficial in sequencing situations when you use more than one sound at a time.

X-tra memory: The Nord Lead 2X comes with a large internal memory holding 4 x 99 user Programs, 100 user Performances and 4 x 10 user Percussion Kits plus 6 x 99 factory Programs and 3 x 100 factory Performances! The Nord Lead 2X is 100% patch compatible with the Nord Lead 2 which means that you can transfer sounds directly between the models via MIDI.

X-tra high resolution: The awesome sound in the Nord Lead 2X is refined even further thanks to the brand new, crystal clear 24-bit DACs running at 96kHz.
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