The company Clavia DMI is in Stockholm (Sweden) a resident manufacturer of electronic music instruments with at present approximately 20 coworkers.

Clavia was created 1983 by Hans Nordelius, even Keyboarder. To 1998 electronic Drumcomputer/E Drums with the designation was manufactured ddrum. The GDR around row is not no more produced. The so-called ddrum 3-Bike, which was never manufactured in series, is strange, but points a new perspective to the building of motorcycles out.

Since 1995 Clavia Synthesizer manufactures. With the north Lead 1 was brought the first virtually similar Synthesizer on the market. The 4-stimmige north Lead 1 could be rigged with an extender card on 12 voices and attained in quite short time cult status. 1997 follow the 16-stimmige north Lead 2, which came with some improvements (Distortioneffekt, improved filter algorithms, etc.) on the market. It is still manufactured in extended form as north Lead 2X. The 24-stimmige north Lead 3 appears as complete revision of the predecessor on the market. Particularly to emphasize extended frequency modulation possibilities are the continuous turnable regulators with LED rings beside now 3 instead of 2 oscillators.

An Clavia own characteristic is "pitch-ticks", which is responsible in place of the Pitchwheels for the pitch diffraction with the instruments with keyboard. Instruments of Clavia are outwardly always noticeable because of the strong red colour of the From all devices steam turbine and gas turbine systems rack variants exist up to the north. These have the name additive "rack" in place of the "Lead", otherwise they are identically constructed up to pitch-tick and the modulation wheel.

Today Clavia produces the modular Synthesizer north modular in the current version G2 and the Hammond organ /Piano emulators north Electro (current north Electro II) and north of steam turbine and gas turbine systems. The north of steam turbine and gas turbine systems offers additionally still another virtually similar Synthesizer and is available like the north Electro in different sizes. In addition Clavia builds today the north Lead 2X, a 20-stimmige version of the north Lead 2.

A class for itself and practically competitionless is the Modularsynthesizer G2 von Clavia at present. The selection of the modules (oscillators, filter, Amps etc.) and their interconnecting by clear computer program permit a nearly boundless creativity in sketching own sounds. Contrary to competitive pure computer solutions (Plugins), with which the sound production the PC takes over, sets that modular G2 on independent hardware with appropriate loss security in the stage enterprise. The rack version of the G2 forms an exception in relation to the other rack instruments of the company, since it does not possess sound-formative control elements.

Clavia north user praise frequently the clear operation of the instruments and the constant advancement of the firmware.

Instruments of Clavia

• 1983-1998 ddrum in different versions
• 1995 north Lead 1, north rack 1 (4-stimmiger VA-Synthesizer, expandable on 12 voices)
• 1997 north Lead 2, north rack 2 (16-stimmiger VA-Synthesizer)
• North modular, north modular rack, Micro modular
• North Electro, north Electro 2 (Hammond organ /Piano emulator)
• North Lead 3 (24-stimmiger VA-Synthesizer)
• North Lead 2X, north rack 2X (20-stimmiger VA-Synthesizer)
• North modular G2
• North of steam turbine and gas turbine systems (Hammond organ /Piano emulator with VA-Synthesizer)

Related links

• Official Internet side of Clavia
• '' Ddrum the 3 '' - Bike of Clavia

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