Nord drum (machine)

[Ecaroh]

Drums with mono out!?!?!?

Can't possibly be mono..!?! It must be stereo jack output which is quite strange itself. OR then it is mono

[Horacio]

There's a new video, audio and info about the nord drum at http://www.norddrum.com

[whitenoise]

Nord Drum display looks very impressive. Nord drum EX will probably get more memory and LCD

[Bertotti]

Well the web site is up and the vid is ok. I need to hear through better speakers. Seems it only accepts trigger inputs? I was hoping I could process some acoustic sounds through it as well. I wonder what the price point will be. You know I could have a lot of fun with this though! and with that little alessis quad pad it would fit in nice and easy!

[Ecaroh]

I must say I am quite puzzled with these new Nords... (C2D seems to be the best as an idea. Others, I don't know...)

About ND:
lack of pads, lack of sequencer, single output.
And finaly, just four voices? Am I right? For example, if you play it with Roland Octapad, what do you have? 4 sounds and 4 silent pads?

To me this machine probably sounds very good (it has to!) but is it too simple to be really useful?

[WoutBlommers]

... And finaly, just four voices? Am I right? For example, if you play it with Roland Octapad, what do you have? 4 sounds and 4 silent pads? ...

There is nothing known about the Voices; could well be 8 per channel or something like that. You have to be able to play a roll with a longer decay...
Four channels, that's right. Which means four silent pads on a Roland Octapad. Stockholm will wonder: Roland? Never met the guy!

Wout

[Bertotti]

I wonder if maybe it is an entry level product just for getting a feeling of demand. All depends on the price point really, I know what I would pay and if it is more I wont buy. Still need some more samples and reviews to get a better feel for it. I would love to have it as it is but really would it take much to refine it a bit!

[Quantics]

I thought I had read somewhere that the price will be $399 ? Or am I going crazy ?

EDIT : it seems it's £399. Not quite the same is it?

"Nord Drum will ship in the UK in March 2012 with an estimated selling price of £399 RRP inc VAT."
http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/na ... sed-524610

[Bertotti]

Figure around 500 US. I'm not sold yet heck you still need some pads or something to trigger it. The little alessis is 100. I'm not sure it is worth 6 bills. Yet!

[bdodds]

ok, hear me out, i think this thing could be cool.. i have an old ddrum4 and i've played around with it on a real kit with a real drummer using the old ddrum red shot acoustic triggers and the result can be pretty interesting.. for a $600 investment (nord drum + triggers) you basically add electronic drum sounds to a kit.. and then MIDI out to your synth and your drummer can help re-enact ELP's version of Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto..

ok, I'm reaching there, but I think it's pretty neat.. 4 more channels would have made it actually very neat, though..