NORD MODULAR G2 V1.1
6. Patches: Creating your first Patch
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7. Click on the Filter tab and click-drag one ‘FltNord’ to the
Voice Area. Now your Patch should look something like this:
8. Let’s settle with these modules for now and start with the
cable connections. First of all, let’s connect all audio cables
between the modules: Place the cursor over the red square out-
put of the ‘OscB1’ module. Click, hold and drag the cursor to
the blue circular input of the ‘EnvADSR1’ module. Release
the mouse button. Now, a red audio cable appears between
the two modules. Also note that the input and output of the
‘EnvADSR1’ module changes color to red to indicate adap-
tion to audio bandwidth. Repeat the procedure and connect
the ‘EnvADSR1’ output to the ‘FltNord1’ input and the
‘FltNord1’ output to the ‘2-Out1’ input L.
If you should accidentally connect wrong, simply double-click-hold on one of the connectors, drag
the cable away from the connector, and release the mouse button. The cable disappears.
Finally, check that the Destination button is set to Out 1/2 of
the ‘2-Out1’ module to route the audio signal to the physical
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jack of the synth. Your Patch should now look like this.
9. Even though all audio cables have been properly connected,
no sound is heard. You have to make the envelope generator
“open up” for the audio signal. This is done by simply playing
the synth keyboard. The KBG (Keyboard Gate) button on the
‘EnvADSR1’ module is on by default which makes it possible
to gate the envelope without connecting the Gate input.
If you play on Nord Modular G2 (via the keyboard or
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), the envelope Gate LED lights up and the Patch will sound.
10.Now, let’s add an ‘LFOA’ module from the LFO tab to the
Patch. Connect a cable between the square, blue output of
the ‘LFOA1’ module, to the lowest blue, circular Pitch input
of the ‘OscB1’ module. Play the Nord Modular G2 and turn
the Pitch input attenuator knob next to the input of ‘OscB1’
by click-holding and moving the mouse. This makes
‘LFOA1’ modulate the pitch of the oscillator, adding vibrato
to the Patch. Your Patch should look something like this:
If you like, you can serial connect a new cable from the lowest
Pitch input of the ‘OscB1’ module, to the circular, red Shape
modulation input, located to the bottom right in the same
module. This will route the LFO to both the Pitch and the
Shape modulation inputs. Select the square wave on the oscil-
lator waveform selector and turn up the modulation attenua-
tor knob, next to the Shape modulation input. Also, increase
the cutoff frequency of the ‘FltNord1’ a bit to make the sound brighter. (One single modulator can
