Everything about the new Nord Drum and the Nord Beat 2 App.

Modification to allow individual outs...

Postby Drumunkey » 13 May 2018, 21:09

I'm wondering if there's any electronics wizards here that have, or would be willing to :) , mod a nord drum unit to allow individual outs?

I saw a page on Instructables where a dude modded a Kork Volca by essentially tapping into the individual channels on the board and soldering up some individual jacks.

I've opened mine looking for something "obvious" but I don't want to poke around blindly... I can solder well, but no nothing about circuit boards, electronics, etc.

Google is not helping me on this, so I figured maybe it's a dark art that some initiate here can share?
Drumunkey
 
Posts: 5
Joined: 24 Sep 2017, 01:27
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 0 time
Your Nord Gear #1: Nord Drum 2

Modification to allow individual outs...


Sponsor
 

Re: Modification to allow individual outs...

Postby wartaler » 14 May 2018, 17:39

Hi Drumunkey!

No idea either, but since the Nord drum is a digital instrument and all sounds are calculated, I bet that summing and panning also takes place in the digital realm, and there will be one stream of digital audio going to the DAC, so I suspect there are no individual leads for each of the 6 channels on the board.. but I could be wrong..

Albert
Nord Drum 2, Drum (1), Lead 4, Lead 2x, Stage 'Classic', Micro Modular
wartaler
Moderator
 
Posts: 737
Joined: 19 Mar 2009, 18:32
Country: Netherlands
Has thanked: 92 times
Been thanked: 231 times
Your Nord Gear #1: Nord Stage Classic
Your Nord Gear #2: Nord Drum 2

Re: Modification to allow individual outs...

Postby maxpiano » 14 May 2018, 18:28

wartaler wrote:Hi Drumunkey!

No idea either, but since the Nord drum is a digital instrument and all sounds are calculated, I bet that summing and panning also takes place in the digital realm, and there will be one stream of digital audio going to the DAC, so I suspect there are no individual leads for each of the 6 channels on the board.. but I could be wrong..

Albert


I think you are not wrong at all, the Volca is analog so doing some “circuit bending” is feasible, not the case for digital instruments such as Nord Drums.
Last edited by maxpiano on 14 May 2018, 18:53, edited 3 times in total.
User avatar
maxpiano
Patch Creator
 
Posts: 6188
Joined: 27 Jun 2011, 13:29
Location: Italy
Country: Italy
Has thanked: 441 times
Been thanked: 2178 times
Your Nord Gear #1: Nord Stage 3


Return to Nord Drum Forum



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests