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I Purchased both ! and would have not purchased the keyboard versions. (Strange decision from Clavia).
Re: Nord Lead 4r/A1r discontinued?
Posted: 31 Aug 2016, 00:04
by jfenton
Hopefully the left the support documents up on their web site still.
Re: Nord Lead 4r/A1r discontinued?
Posted: 31 Aug 2016, 03:42
by pablomastodon
I have not seen a formal announcement about this, but I am tech support, not sales, so perhaps I was left out of the distribution list for any communications about this...? Muziksculp, I happen to agree with you in general principle. I almost always prefer rack version (although on NL4 the keyed version is much more useful for Impulse Morph). However, I strongly suspect that you and I are in a minority here, outliers in the grand masses of electronic instrument purchasers. Clearly, if these were actually selling in significant numbers, Nord would not discontinue them. It may therefore be safe to guess that they are not selling in significant numbers. We must therefore place the blame on the masses in the market who are not buying them, and not on Nord who "gave it the old college try, despite having already been down that road previously with what were probably similar results. In these times of increasing VST presence, hardware will seemingly continue to become more and more scarce. Yes, the modular scene has made a resurgence, but these are mostly boutique things, just as vinyl has made a small resurgence.
Re: Nord Lead 4r/A1r discontinued?
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 06:33
by Gustavo
Too bad, I was planning on buying a NL 4R in a few months
Re: Nord Lead 4r/A1r discontinued?
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 12:15
by Marlowes
According to the Swedish 99musik.se forum today, Clavia support confirmed that the rack versions are extinct due to low demand.
/Michael in Scania
Re: Nord Lead 4r/A1r discontinued?
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 16:48
by Muziksculp
Desktops don't sell ?
Then why is Korg releasing this great analog synth in a desktop model, and will be shipping next month, (hehe ... I want one of those).
Re: Nord Lead 4r/A1r discontinued?
Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 17:25
by Duplobaustein
Monophonic vintage analog synth vs. VA Synth.
Big company vs. small company.
Gustavo wrote:Too bad, I was planning on buying a NL 4R in a few months
I guess they will still be in stock of shops quite a while.
