This is the Nord Lead A1 analog modeling synthesizer – a stunning sounding synthesizer with a simplified yet hugely powerful front panel interface.

Producing stand-out sounds for live or for the studio, the Lead A1 is ideal for all musical genres. Thanks to its carefully thought-out user interface, the Nord Lead A1 encourages experimentation, allows for far speedier programming than would otherwise be possible, and ultimately delivers sensational sonic results.

Key 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