Synthesizer and Electronic Music Equipment

Synthesizer and Electronic Music Equipment

Clavia - Swedish Synthesizer and Electronic Music Equipment Manufacturer

Clavia Nord Rack (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Clavia is a Swedish electronic music equipment manufacturer that was founded in Stockholm by Hans Nordelius and Mikael Carlsson in 1983. The first Clavia product was the Digital Percussion Plate 1, the earliest electronic drum pad with sampling capabilities ever produced commercially, which they originally designed and built in a basement.

The Digital Percussion Plate would later evolve into the ddrum line of electronic percussion units in 1984, which proved hugely popular with drummers around the world. The ddrum line remained one of Clavia's most popular pieces of equipment until 2005, when the ddrum brand name was sold. Nowadays, Clavia is most well-known for its Nord Lead line of virtual analog synthesizers, the first version of which came out in 1995. The original Nord Lead was Clavia's first hardware synth and one of the very first virtual analog (or analog modeling) synthesizers available. The concept of virtual analog synthesis revolves around the use of digital signal processing technology to imitate analog waveforms.

Clavia expanded on the concept of software-powered digital emulation of analog technology with subsequent follow-up models of the Nord Lead along with the Nord Modular line of virtual analog modular synthesizers, which combine the reliability of analog modeling with the flexibility of modular internal synth architecture. Nord Modular users assemble their own synth components virtually on a computer, which is then reproduced by DSP chips on the synthesizer. Compared to other major synthesizer manufacturers,

Clavia is relatively small and employs merely a total of about twenty workers. Since the company's founding, all their synthesizers have been hand-made in Sweden using Swedish-produced components whenever possible. Taylor is a contributor at Alternative Electronics, the most comprehensive resource online for the music equipment used in alternative electronic music, where you can also read more about Clavia and their various products.

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