street priceIn 2012, the famous brand Nord launched a series of drum machines with a short and clear name - "Drum". At first glance, it may seem that Nord Drum doesn’t stand out among the others: the next budget option without a built-in sequencer, but it's not. First of all, the device can be integrated with other devices for convenient performing (using MIDI In/Out). It seems to be designed for percussionists and drummers playing live performances.
Nord Drum is a 4-channel virtual analog synthesizer. In other words, it uses DSP chips and software algorithms that simulate an analog circuit. All 4 channels are absolutely identical, and you can add any drum kits: from kick, snare, hat, tom to 2 kongas, bells and cymbals, at your discretion. The range of drum sounds varies from authentic analog to extremely acoustic. Its simple interface becomes accessible and extremely intuitive after only a few minutes of use.
The mixer is divided into 3 sections: Click, Noise and Tone. Click generates a click at the attack phase, and has 3 kinds of waveforms to use as a starting point. The noise generator has a decay/gate, as well as a low-pass filter with 7 types of resonance and a simple velocity envelope. The "Color" function opens a wide range of timbres. The main section of Tone contains a large selection of waveforms: 3 analog (sine, saw, square) and 14 harmonic waves. From the point of view of application, programmability, flexibility and sound, Nord Drum, definitely, is a stunning success.
Tags: digital synthesizer
Country of origin / production: Sweden
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Bass Synthesizer | |
| Archetype | |
| Virtual Analog (VA) | |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Sine |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Square |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform Count | 3 |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Patches | 99 |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| Decay | |
| Decay 2 | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| Display | |
| Display type | EL |
| Resolution: Symbols Count | 3 |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Encoder | 1 |
| Audio out | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 1 |
| Audio in | |
| Analog 1/4" | 4 |
| Power | |
| Voltage | 12V |
| Power Supply | External |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 42 mm |
| Width | 199 mm |
| Depth | 45 mm |
| Weight | 0.350 kg |
| Production start | 2012 |
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