User manual

NORD LEAD 2X V1.0x 8. Panel Reference: Settings for both Oscillators
Page 43
S
SS
S
Y
YY
YN
NN
NC
CC
C
Activate Oscillator Sync by pressing the R
ING
M
OD
/S
YNC
button until the Sync LED is lit. In this mode,
Oscillator 2 is “synched” to Oscillator 1. This means that each time a period in Oscillator 1’s waveform
starts, Oscillator 2 is forced to start over with a new period, as well.
The effect of this is that if Oscillator 2’s pitch is higher than Oscillator 1, its resulting waveform will have
a pitch determined by Oscillator 1, but a timbre depending on the pitch of Oscillator 2. See page 84 for
a more details.
The easiest way to try this out is probably to activate Sync, and adjust the S
EMITONE
knob for Oscillator
2 while holding down a note. When trying out Sync, make sure you listen to Oscillator 2, since this is
the one affected by the changes!
M
MM
M
O
OO
OD
DD
DU
UU
UL
LL
LA
AA
AT
TT
TI
II
IO
OO
ON
NN
N O
OO
OF
FF
F
O
O O
O
S
SS
SC
CC
CI
II
IL
LL
LL
LL
LA
AA
AT
TT
TO
OO
OR
RR
R
2
2 2
2
P
PP
PI
II
IT
TT
TC
CC
CH
HH
H
Please note you can modulate the pitch of Oscillator 2 in various ways: from LFO 1, the Mod Env and
from the M
OD
W
HEEL
, for example. This can be used to create harmonically varying timbres with a very
characteristic sound. Sync and Ring Modulation can be activated at the same time. Just press the R
ING
M
OD
/S
YNC
button until both indicators are lit (see “Ring Mod” on page 42).
Example: a sawtooth wave synched by a sync oscillator. The sawtooth wave is restarted every time the sync os-
cillator begins a new cycle. The resulting signal gets deep resonance in its harmonics.