Mirwais gets the first Nord Lead 3 (010320)

Clavia DMI Press release
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Contact: Fredrik Hylvander
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Stockholm, Sweden March 20, 2001

Mirwais Ahmadzai receives the first Nord Lead 3 production unit

On Sunday March 11 2001 Clavia had the great pleasure of delivering the very first production unit of the Nord Lead 3 performance synthesizer to great French artist Mirwais Ahmadzai. Besides writing his own music, Mirwais has also recently produced and written songs for Madonna's album 'Music'. He is already a devoted Nord Lead fan, with his personal Nord Rack 2 frequently appearing in his productions. Clavia's Bengt Lilja personally handed over production unit 1 to Mirwais in his studio in Paris. Mirwais was delighted and immediately started to create sounds on it. One thing is for sure: you'll definitely hear a lot of Nord Lead 3 in his future productions.

The Nord Lead 3

The long awaited synthesizer from Clavia, the Nord Lead 3 - Advanced Subtractive Performance Synthesizer, is now shipping. Originally shown at the Frankfurt Musikmesse last year, its performance has now been utterly enhanced. Clavia claims the new Nord Lead 3 to be the world's best performance synthesizer, introducing several new and exciting features tailored for the performing keyboard player. You get, for example, Keyboard Hold, parallel polyphonic glide in legato mode, single-key triggering of whole chords and even clusters of slightly detuned voices for super-unison effects. Clavia also added monophonic operation with highest/lowest note priority which works like a sort of floating keyboard split when layered with a polyphonic sound. You can also sync the LFOs and Arpeggiator to the global Master Clock or to MIDI Clock. The Unison with retained full polyphony has been widely improved and now offers 5 complete detuned virtual voices per note - in stereo! All these functions, and more, comes housed in a compact and roadworthy metal chassis that weighs less than 6.3 kg. The Nord Lead 3 will certainly set apart in shops, studios and on stage with its innovative design and awesome sound quality. Nord Rack 3, the 19" wide and 5 units high rack version, will start to ship in April!

The Company

Clavia Digital Musical Instruments AB was founded in 1983 and have delivered cutting edge digital musical instruments ever since. The major products are Nord Lead and Nord Modular synthesizers and ddrum electronic drums. The products can be found in top studios all around the world and are used by great artists like Mirwais Ahmadzai, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, Nine Inch Nails, Jean-Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Yello, Chemical Brothers to mention a few. Clavia on the Internet: www.clavia.se