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NORD MODULAR G2 V1.4x 10. Technical reference: Signal types in a Patch
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W
HAT
HAPPENS
WHEN
CONNECTING
A
RED
OR
BLUE
SIGNAL
TO
A
LOGIC
INPUT
.
It is possible to connect any type of signal to the logic inputs. The output of a LFO, for instance, can be
a good clock source for a sequencer module or could be used to start envelopes. A logic input interprets
any signal with a level of 0 units or less as a
LOW
or
OFF
signal and any signal with a level greater than 0 units as
a
HIGH
or
ON
signal. A trigger or positive edge is the moment when the LFO signal crosses the zero line
upwards from a value of 0 units or less to any positive value.
B
ANDWIDTH
CONSIDERATIONS
The two different red/orange and blue/yellow signal bandwidths of 96 kHz and 24 kHz in the Nord
Modular G2 are important to keep in mind. You can Patch a red audio output to a blue control input and
vice versa. Since the output of an LFO is a control signal, updated at the quarter speed of a red audio
signal, the quality of a signal generated by a LFO might not be good enough for you to be used as an
audio signal. If high audio quality is important in a Patch, always use oscillators as audio signal generators.
The LFOs can, however, provide excellent signals to be used as frequency modulators in an FM-type
Patch or provide for LoFi effects.
R
ESOLUTION
AND
AUDIO
SIGNAL
HEADROOM
The resolution in the Nord Modular G2 system is 24 bits to ensure a supreme audio quality. The
headroom of the audio signals in Nord Modular G2 is -12 dB for every sound source (Oscillator). This
means that you can safely mix up to 4 sound sources in a mixer, when mixing more sound sources
attenuate the level of the sound sources on the mixer module, e.g. by using the Pad button on a multi-
input mixer.
Output modules have an extra 6 dB headroom per bus.
If your sound hits the headroom limit (which might soundslike crackling or clicking) you need to
determine where in the signal flow this is caused. If the FX area is used, set the Pad control on the FX-In
module to -6dB and the Pad button on the Output module in the FX-Area to +6dB. This will increase
the headroom limit by 6dB, but still keep the overall sound level equal. Then try to lower the Patch Gain
level on the top of the Patch window to give some extra overall output headrom. If you still have
headroom issues, lower the input signals to the mixers in the Voice Area of the Patch. Some modules
have settings that can easily lead to clipping, like the GC controls on some Filter modules, keep the GC
buttons On when using high resonance settings on the filters. One more tip is to use a 6dB highpass filter
set to 40 Hz to 80 Hz just before an Output module in a voice. This will prevent possible level-offsets in
the audio signal to push the audio towards the headroom limits.
S
ELF
-
OPTIMIZING
MODULES
A lot of modules in the Nord Modular G2 system are self-optimizing. This means they automatically
adapt their Patch Load according to which connectors are being used and to the bandwidth of the
incoming signal(s). All Mixers, for example, default to blue (control signal) inputs and outputs. If you
connect only blue and yellow control signals to a Mixer, the inputs and outputs will remain blue and the
Mixer will use less Patch Load - enabling for larger Patches or more polyphony. However, if you connect
a red (audio signal) cable to a Mixer input, all inputs and outputs will automatically “update” to audio
bandwidth for maximum signal quality. This is indicated on the module by the inputs and/or outputs
changing color.
N
OTE
! Another advantage of the self-optimizing modules is that most unconnected inputs do not use any
Patch Load at all. This is another important G2 feature to enable more polyphony.
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Productinformatie
| Merk | Nord |
| Model | Modular G2 |
| Categorie | Niet gecategoriseerd |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Grootte | 60689 MB |
