Nord Lead 4 Comparison Chart
NORD LEAD 4 | NORD LEAD 2X | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Hardware | Lead 4 | Lead 2X | |
| Outputs | 4 Outputs | 4 Outputs | |
| Audio Quality | 24bit 96kHz | 18bit 96kHz | |
| Keybed | 4-octave velocity senstive keyboard | 4-octave velocity senstive keyboard or keyboardless Rack version | |
| USB | x | - | |
| MIDI In/Out | x | x | |
| Headphone Jack | x | x | |
System | Lead 4 | Lead 2X | |
| Polyphony | 20 Voices | 20 Voices | |
| Multi-Timbral | 4-parts | 4-parts | |
| Chord Memory | x | - | |
| Patterns | 7 categories of Patterns assignable to Arpeggiator and LFO | x | |
| LFO retrig | Master Clock/MIDI Clock, Keyboard Sync or Impulse Morph Sync | - | |
| Programs (RAM) | 4 x 99, 100 Performances | 4 x 99, 100 Performances | |
| Modulation Wheel Morph | x | x | |
| Velocity Morph | x | x | |
| Impulse Morph | x | - | |
| Pitch Stick Bend Range | Plus/Minus 4 Octaves, Per Program | Plus/Minus 1 Octave Up/Down, Global | |
| Master Clock Synchronization | x | - | |
| USB-MIDI | x | - | |
| USB Soft MIDI Thru | x | - | |
| Nord Sound Manager Support | x | - | |
Oscillator Section | Lead 4 | Lead 2x | |
| Waveforms | Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Pulse and PWM | Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Pulse and PWM | |
| Wavetables | 86 | - | |
| Oscillator Sync | Hard and Soft Sync | Hard Sync | |
| Frequency Modulation | 3 modes | 1 mode | |
| Ring Modulation | - | x | |
| Noise Generator | In Oscillator 2 with Filter Cutoff and Resonance control | In Oscillator 2 with noise color control | |
Filter Section | Lead 4 | Lead 2x | |
| Filter Types | 12dB/24dB/48dB Low-Pass, Band-Pass, High-Pass, Ladder M and Ladder TB | 12dB/24dB Low-Pass, Band-Pass, High-Pass and Notch | |
| Filter Drive | Gradual | On/Off | |
| Filter Envelope / Velocity Amount | Bi-Polar | x | |
Dimensions | Lead 4 | Lead 2x | |
| Width | 865 mm / 34" | 864 mm / 34" | |
| Depth | 265 mm / 10.4" | 272 / 10.7" | |
| Height | 105 mm / 4.1" | 94 mm / 3.7" | |
| Weight | 5,3 kg / 11.7 lbs | 5,3 kg / 11.7 lbs | |