stockholm sweden 1983 ; 33 years ago 1983 founder hans nordelius and mikael carlsson products virtual analog synthesizers virtual electromechanical pianos stage pianos divisions ddrum website clavia.se clavia digital musical instruments clavia dmi ab is a swedish manufacturer of virtual analog synthesizers virtual electromechanical pianos and stage pianos founded in stockholm sweden in 1983 by hans nordelius and mikael carlsson . contents 1 company history 2 products 3 discontinued products 4 references 5 external links company history edit ddrum4 se in 1983 hans nordelius and mikael carlsson began to work in the basement of a home located in the southern suburbs of stockholm creating the world s first dedicated digital drum for the commercial market called the digital percussion plate 1 . 1 in 1984 an improved version that could play four sounds from an eprom was released under the ddrum name with the now signature red coloring . the same year a drum system was released where you had several sound modules in a rack each with its own eprom . the pads used to trigger the sounds were unusual for the time since they used real drum heads where other electronic drum kits of the time used rubber pads . this together with a separate trigger for the snare drum s rim made for a more realistic playing experience . 2 the ddrum brand and products were in 2005 sold to their us distributor armadillo who continues to manufacture drum products under the name . 3 nord lead 2x in 1995 clavia released the nord lead . called a magic piece of electronics by sound on sound 4 it popularized the virtual analog type of synthesis . in 1997 the nord lead 2 was released with many improvements including increasing polyphony from 4 to 16 notes . 5 the nord lead 3 was released in 2001 with a reworked sound engine better d a converters and monophonic aftertouch . the most striking aspect of the nord lead 3 was that all the sound editing knobs had been replaced with infinite rotary knobs where the value of the parameter was indicated by a led collar around the knob . 6 the rotary knobs led collars and keyboard with aftertouch made the nord lead 3 an absolute delight 7 but because of its higher price the nord lead 2 remained in demand . and as some of the parts of the nord lead 3 were getting harder to source clavia released an updated version of the nord lead 2 called the nord lead 2x with faster processors better d a converters and an upgraded polyphony to 20 voices . 7 the nord lead 3 was discontinued in 2007 but the nord lead 2x remains in production . 3 in 1997 clavia released the nord modular a virtual analog modular synthesizer . 3 called a landmark in synthesis 8 it allowed you to essentially build your own virtual analog synthesizer . it too was later upgraded with the 2004 release of the nord modular g2 that gave it the same endless rotary knobs as the nord lead 3 and a larger keyboard with aftertouch . 9 nord electro2 in 2001 the nord electro was released . it was designed to emulate the classical electromechanical keyboards like hammond organ electric piano and hohner clavinet . the pianos are samples but the organs are modeled using a digital simulation . 10 clavia s current models here are the electro 5 emulating a hammond b3 a farfisa and a vox organ and containing samples of different electric pianos a wurlitzer electric piano a hohner clavinet and several acoustic grand and upright pianos ; 10 the nord piano 2 containing the piano section from the nord electro 3 with an 88 key hammer action keyboard ; 11 the nord c2 organ a dual manual instrument containing the organ section from the nord electro 3 as well as an emulation of a baroque pipe organ ; 12 and the nord stage 2 which takes the organ and pianos from the nord electro and adds a virtual analog synthesizer . 13 in october 2007 clavia released the nord wave which adds sample player functionality to the virtual analog engine of the nord lead series 14 and in march 2012 clavia released the nord drum a virtual analog drum synthesizer . 15 nord lead a1 nord lead 4 products edit nord lead a1 performance synthesizer nord lead 4 performance synthesizer nord lead 2x virtual analog synthesizer nord rack 2x virtual analog midi module nord electro 5 virtual electromechanical keyboard instrument nord piano 3 stage piano nord stage 2ex stage keyboard nord c2d dual manual virtual combo organ nord pedal keys 27 midi organ pedalboard nord drum 2 modelling percussion synthesizer nord c2d combo organ nord stage 2 draw buttons nord stage 2 synth panel discontinued products edit discontinued products list 3 nord modular nord modular rack & g2 engine nord modular g2 ddrum series by clavia sold in 2005 3 nord piano stage piano nord c1 dual manual virtual combo organ nord drum virtual analog drum synthesizer nord electro virtual electromechanical keyboard instrument nord electro rack virtual electromechanical midi module nord electro 2 virtual electromechanical keyboard instrument nord electro rack 2 virtual electromechanical midi module nord electro 3 virtual electromechanical keyboard instrument nord wave performance synthesizer & sampler nord lead 1995 virtual analog synthesizer nord lead 2 1997 virtual analog synthesizer nord lead 3 virtual analog synthesizer nord rack virtual analog midi module nord rack 2 virtual analog midi module nord rack 3 virtual analog midi module nord stage stage keyboard nord stage ex stage keyboard nord modular software based semi modular synthesizer nord modular g2 software based semi modular synthesizer nord modular g2x software based semi modular synthesizer nord micro modular software based semi modular synthesizer pitch stick & wheel nord modular g2 nord lead 3 nord stage 88 nord piano 88 references edit a brief company history . clavia . retrieved 2012 03 09 . clavia ddrum product info clavia retrieved 2010 03 09 a b c d e nord discontinued products overview . stockholm clavia dmi ab . retrieved 2012 03 09 . david crombie 1995 . clavia nord second opinion . sound on sound may 1995 . apart from these minor quibbles this is a magic piece of electronics a synthesizer of pure genius . paul nagle 1997 . clavia nord lead 2 . sound on sound september 1997 . simon trask 2001 . clavia nord lead 3 . sound on sound july 2001 . a b paul nagle 2002 . clavia nord lead 2x . sound on sound january 2004 . paul nagle 1998 . clavia nord modular virtual analogue modular synthesizer part 1 . sound on sound april 1998 . paul nagle 2004 . clavia nord modular g2 . sound on sound july 2004 . a b nord electro 3 information . clavia . nord piano 2 information . clavia . nord c2 organ information . clavia . nord stage 2 information . clavia . nord wave information . clavia . nord drum information . clavia . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to clavia dmi . official clavia website rekon audio vst lead editors 1 2 and 3 for mac and windows . v t e clavia current products nord stage nord piano nord electro nord drum nord wave nord lead nord c series discontinued products nord micro modular nord modular retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clavia & oldid 705589571 categories clavia synthesizerssynthesizer manufacturing companieshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olesperantofran ais nederlands norsk bokm lpolski suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 18 february 2016 at 11 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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