Nord Drum?

[chrisj]

Originally Posted by vibralux

4 voice limit - absolutely yes. No problem with that.
1 output limit Its just shooting Yourself in a leg.

I am the last person to give a drummer two kicks and a whole jungle of cymbals but really - the one out thing ruins most of the scenarios I could get engaged with this box - wheather live or studio.

It's making me want to do an entirely mono drum sampler instrument...

[NoVi]

Have no problem with the mono output, maybe in a live situation you might find a need for more outputs, but in a studio/DAW situation I don't see any issue. Probably I would personally have loved more interactivity a la Simmons SDS800 (okay, that's a long time ago ).

[drumdrumdrumdrum]

Nord Drum is not a pro offering. Interesting to see Nord back in the drum game again.

[Tom H]

Seems like a fun piece of gear, their soundcloud demos sound good. I love the fact that it is totally different from the other new drum stuff out there like the Tempest, Machinedrum, Akai etc. The Nord stuff is allways quite unique.

[Ksp]

is there software editor ? looks like a pain in the arse to program sounds on.

I'm interested to know if the 4 sounds can each be assigned a seperate midi channel and the thing played chromatically....all of a sudden it would make a really cool synth module .The sounds it produces are unlike any other nord product to my ears and very cool.

[Silver Sonya]

I kinda hope this product fails and I'm the only one who ended up buying it.

- c

[chrisj]

Originally Posted by Silver Sonya

I kinda hope this product fails and I'm the only one who ended up buying it.

You're going to have to hope it fails before I get my hands on it...

I'm doing astonishing things in reverbs JUST to be able to afford this!

[lapsang]

Originally Posted by Ksp

is there software editor ? looks like a pain in the arse to program sounds on.

There will be something similar to the Nord Sample Editor. It's not the best sample software but it's easy to use, they will make something for that new drum module for sure.

[BobbyPeru]

Originally Posted by NoVi

Have no problem with the mono output, maybe in a live situation you might find a need for more outputs, but in a studio/DAW situation I don't see any issue. Probably I would personally have loved more interactivity a la Simmons SDS800 (okay, that's a long time ago ).

In a live situation 2 outputs are key, especially if you're using an electronic kick drum from the brain. You can pan the kick and any other bass heavy sounds, drops, etc to one side and the the rest to the other. That way when the low end hits the sound guy can adjust the low end on correct channel instead of altering every sound from the brain. It seems like lows from electronics are the toughest to gauge venue to venue and it really helps to at least be able to separate them out into 2 channel (L + R).

On the other hand these are so cheap $499 **retail** - if its that cool, you could just get 2

The 4 inputs are ideal for the my band who uses a hybrid electronic/acoustic drum kit played live.

Here's our drummer:


Shane Olivo
The New Loud
Bobby Peru Recording
Milwaukee, WI

[chrisj]

Originally Posted by BobbyPeru

The 4 inputs are ideal for the my band who uses a hybrid electronic/acoustic drum kit played live.

Here's our drummer:

I LIKE your drummer, and your hybrid sound. Watched the whole thing!

[vibralux]

I got a similar live setup - drummer playing Addictive Drums and Ableton's drum racks, thru Drumkat via Fireface UC MIDI. And I do agree that not beeing able to split kik and snare is just plain silly. However I do not agree that a a 500$ price point for such a handicaped device is atttractive.

[Xia Qing]

I believe that the name Nord "Drum" was not the best choice for a few reasons related to sound and functionality (ha, of course I am saying that before using it... and I preordered it last week so I am eager to see if this will work in my setup). Consider the demo sounds... these do not necessarily sound like the typical "drum" set. It seems that this piece would more aptly fall into the more general "percussion" category, and the name "drum" might make many people expect it to sound - or even replace - a drum set to some degree. I think "Nord Percussion" would work best. considering how it sounds in the demo videos.

From what I gather, the Nord Drum is a sort of new kind of instrument. Sure, such creative license can be a convenient product of several cost cutting measures (... mono output... <sigh>). It is a percussion instrument that functions electronically and, with its mono output, is like the live drummer who plays in a small enough venue where the drums do not need separate microphones and sound originates from the same general location (minus any acoustical variation imposed by the room), or a large enough stadium-like venue where you won't hear much panning of drums over a PA system. This latter point goes back to someone else's post here, where the person said that the mono out isn't such a big problem since you won't have to worry about one side of the room primarily hearing snares and the other mostly high hats - a problem that, I suppose, could happen with pan-heavy projects or simply poor panning in a live situation. He/she said something like that. Anyway...

I think the Nord "Drum" [which, again, I would simply call Nord Percussion, but hey, I can't do anything about that] is a new kind of instrument, in a sense. Whether or not it will fill the role I need it to remains to be seen... if it doesn't, I'll return it and get something else. But I think it will. In the mix, if one does not care to record track after track and pan them in the stereo field, but rather prefers to see it as a kind of one-instrument-and-four-different-sounds-coming-from-the-same-direction kind of piece, then it just might work.

I can see the reasons why one would judge it by traditional drum set standards (kick, snare, x, and y) - and the name "drum" certainly makes this more likely - but I see it more as one percussion instrument that does four things at once.

But damn... like the guy with the Richard Prior picture next to his name has said, if only it had stereo... I would have paid an extra couple of bucks for that. Still, the mono is not a bad thing. It is what it is, and I look forward to trying it out in my studio.

Peace,

Xia Qing.

[an.unna.kid]

I seriously dont think this product will sell well... The sounds are kind of dull and most drum machines have more versatility.

I have a Maschine Mikro and Arturia Spark, with those I have all I need in the world.

That being said could be fun to use this drum through a bit crusher on something, one time, maybe...

[Silver Sonya]

I hope you're right, as I stated in post #126.

- c

[DSK]

People want slamming stuff...

This has dynamics.. and tweaked to sound great out of just one output!

Talk about easy integration.

Starting to be fooled by witty advertising? Or just understand the design?

You say..

I'll get one as soon as I learn more drumming!

[cellomangler]

Originally Posted by DSK

People want slamming stuff...
This has dynamics.. and tweaked to sound great out of just one output!...

That's what I'm curious about... Is the reaction time and dynamics an improvement over existing trigger systems ? And somebody mentioned an editor where you could upload tone similar to the Wave...? We'll see about that one. And then the MIDI controller assignment options....