Happy for you Michael! I actually should get rid of my links anyway, I haven't spent the time needed to make the affiliate program work anyway haha. Just glad to hear people are finding this helpful.
This sounds wonderful. I ordered one that arrives this afternoon. I play dununs and djembe but also have a modular synth, which I haven't been able to get the distinctly different sounds to mesh. Hoping the electronic sounds here will mesh with the modular well. Thanks for the demo.
GREAT REVIEW! Best on youtube re the NORD ! I was teetering between buying this because size wise its easy to tour with and the Roland HPD20 - You are the only reviewer that has succinctly explained the difference between The Nord 3 and say a Roland HPD 20 .From my perspective I could not use this because its just to 808 sounding , the Roland HPD has really useable sounds and kits by the bucket load . I have been using my Roland Octaopad30 for the last 2 years - done 600 shows but I wanted something a little easier to travel with. I think the majority of the sounds on the NORD sound like dodgy 80s PC Atari games.LOL Thanks !
HI Phil! Great demo!! Love the sounds! Many reviews complain about the noise floor of the internal reverb? What was your impression, is it disturbing in any way? Is this still an issue? Have you used the internal effects for this demo? Thanks in advance :)
Thanks for the kind words! I personally haven't had a problem with the reverb noise floor, though I don't do a ton of recording with this and I don't go too crazy with the amount of reverb anyway. I may have put reverb on a portion of one of the videos where I get into making custom sounds or claps/snaps. On this stock sounds video many of the preset sounds have reverb on them. I do like the variety of reverbs and you really can tweak the tone and amount applied. Hope that helps!
Wasn’t the reverb noise issue removed by a firmware update long time ago? v1.24 (2016-10-14) Using certain Reverb types (P3, P4, St, Ha) could cause a persistent increase of the output noise floor. Fixed - found on “Nord Drum 3P Update History” page
Hi Rony thanks for the kind words. Think the pedal was just a real cheap pdp one with a reverse beater put on it (Roland kdb7), triggering kick tones with the Roland KD-7 kick trigger.
Very helpful U/L. I have wanted one for a while and after much research I have just bought one. I have had a Roland SPDS, which is very good but limiting in terms of being just a sample player (albeit with MIDI). The Nord Drum 3O seems much more fun with it's resonant synthesis, subtractive synthesis and FM-synthesis...can't wait :D
I'm using the Roland KD-7 (www.roland.com/us/products/kd-7/) through the single kick input on the Nord Drum 3P. I've had no issues what so ever with it. The KT-10 looks super cool, haven't really got to mess around with it in depth but seems like a really cool design!
Nice video and nice instrument, but does it have a typical clap sound in its library? I've listened thru all of these sounds that you've presented in 4 sound banks and i couldn't find any clap sound.
Thanks Wiktor, yah I wasn't really happy with any of the sounds that might be considered a "clap" in the stock sounds either. But it's pretty fun and easy to create your own custom clap preset. Here's a video I did about making a basic clap in the drum 3p: th-cam.com/video/gSXCN-rsnL4/w-d-xo.html
Hi Phil i’ve owned both the spds,and the spd30. Had to sell them both because the pads weren’t responsive enough. So, even at the greatest sensitivity settings the pads would only reliably trigger if they were hit right in the center. ( i had Drumkat controller which was perfectly sensitive anywhere within the pad zone. The Nord seems to be very good that way from you demo......what do you think?
Hi Dave, I know what you mean about digital drum pads and I've found the Nord to be very responsive to dynamics. I feel like it is one of the main elements that makes it feel almost like an acoustic instrument with certain tones. I've also been pleased with its dynamic response for controlling software instruments in a DAW via usb or MIDI.
Can you record all your pads into different midi tracks at the same time? record midi into ablation for instance? I know this has got limited audio outputs.
The midi on the drum3p is pretty extensive, you can send each pad to a different midi channel, use cc messages, even hook up a midi controller (with assignable knobs/faders) to control multiple parameters. I have used it to control software drums and it has excellent dynamic nuance. I've also hooked up sequencers and synthesizers to it too. This should be a link to the manual which has more in depth info about MIDI: www.nordkeyboards.com/sites/default/files/files/downloads/manuals/nord-drum-3p/Nord%20Drum%203P%20English%20User%20Manual%20v1.x%20Edition%20C.pdf
@@PhilPardell - wow, thx, thats great. - I guess I could jam out on the pads, -record midi into ableton, then use those tracks to play a different physical drum synth. - I like the sounds the 3p makes, but I was worried it might not be exactly what I wanted to finally record - so this makes it perfect as a tool for getting down ideas- although the sounds are pretty good.
Thanks for posting this video. I just ordered a 3p after sitting on the fence all these years....Reading through a bunch of the forums I am wondering if you ever had a problem with noisy headphone output and reverb? Also pads coming unglued? Looking forward to receiving mine!
Thanks for watching and congrats on the purchase! I never had an issue with noise from my uses but that was mostly live situations. I actually did have one pad come loose at one point, I just glued it back on with a very thin coat of spray adhesive and haven't had an issue since. Didn't notice any change in that pad's dynamics/sensitivity too. Hope that helps and best of luck 👍
@@PhilPardell Thanks so much for your response. In regards to the pad, was it any particular spray adhesive that you used? I know this has been an issue for some and from the images I received of the unit I purchased the pads look a bit askew (is that a word??) so probably will need some re-gluing. I've read about other's using epoxy, but spray adhesive sound much easier. :-)
Great demo thanx! I am totally new with these "E-drums/percussion" so maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to record your drum solo's? Or do you need a external recording device
Dennis Stennis Thanks for checking it out! The Nord Drum 3p does not have built in recording capabilities, you would need an external recording device to record it.
You can connect a keyboard through midi and trigger sounds from the keyboard. Each sound is its own voice though, so you’d be controlling one sound in a monophonic manner. There might be some slick midi hardware that allows you to split into polyphony but I haven’t quite figured that out as of now 🙂. It works great as a dynamic set of pads to control software drums/percussion in a DAW rig or to just record the stereo output from the Nord too.
@@PhilPardell You can use this through software? And control samples? Is that what you’re saying? I would buy this is a heartbeat if there was a way I could play my samples through this as well as use it’s own drum synths.
@@uncoiledfish2561 As long as you can hook up to your computer through MIDI cables and make custom settings in your software you should be able to use the Drum3p as a MIDI controller. You should be able to run the audio outs from the nord and your computer to have both sounds too.
Yah a built in sequencer would be super cool. I've hooked up a synth with a sequencer through midi to the nord and it's pretty fun. Really frees you up to tweak sounds as it repeats.
But then if it had a sequencer built in the beautiful interface would be marred by additional complexity. With the Nord Drum series, YOU are the sequencer. Though I sequence my Nord Drum 2 with an Oxi One which is such a fun combination.
Are there straight ahead Jazz and enough Latin, Cuban, African, etc. sounds for a Jazz gig? Are they organized with names, or is it just "sound #X, sound #Y, sound#Z, etc.? Thank you and you have nice technique! P.S.: I'm a saxophone player.
The Drum 3p might not be the one for you if you are trying to replicate acoustic drums and percussion for jazz. There's no kit titles for the sound sets, just letter banks with each kit in that set identified by number (like A23). The letter categories seem to be organized by theme, some geared more to sound effects, others to electro kits, others to melodic etc.. A sample based pad like the Roland SPD-SX or the Alesis Strike Multipad might be more what you're looking for. Hope that helps and thanks!
@@PhilPardell Thank you for the reply, Phil! I did notice some straight-ahead sounds on the Nord, but also many more "electronic" type and melodic percussion sounds as you note. However, the percussive sounds have an "aliveness" and"" realism" (maybe it's dynamics) to them that the sample-based ones do not. I play piano in addition to saxophone, and use the modeling Pianotec for the same reason. I have the same view that Morten, who posted below, has. Also, I busk, and the Nord is half the weight of the Alesis Strike (the Nord's main competitor for me). I would agree that the Strike has more Jazz sounds (and everything else; 7000 of them, and one can load in one's own samples). Also the ability to use a hi hat pedal. Pity that no unit that combines the best of both exists!
@@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton it’s true, the Nord’s synthesized sound design approach gives you extremely expressive dynamics and an almost real acoustic instrument sound. You certainly do some jazz gigs with it especially if it’s approached as a unique instrument. There really are almost unlimited customizable sounds and textures you can create and save too. You can also hook it up to other devices and computers with MIDI, so it can control software instruments or samples on a laptop or other MIDI device. It would be cool if it had a couple more pads and a hi hat pedal trigger input too 👍
@@PhilPardell I think the hi hat trigger port omission is a big screw up! Hey, can one use the singular port for a hi hat trigger pedal instead of for bass drum? I would be using this (or the Alesis) with a looper, so I could just loop the hi hat, whether I trigger it by foot or drum stick. For me, the idea is the complete "one man band" - sax, piano (my first instrument, although sax is my main one), bass (I play guitar and bass too) and drums (I studied African drums in music school). I note the Alesis has a looper, but it's only 16 bars with no sequential loop feature, so I'll use a loop pedal or iPad Group the Loop (which is fantastic). I suppose the Nord can control iPad drum sounds too? I can actually see buying both the Nord and the Alesis, but the Nord "inspires" me, whereas the Alesis just does not. I mean sounds, not features!
@@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton If I remember correctly, the pedal port just corresponds to the first pad/channel on the Nord, so whatever sound you have assigned to that pad will be triggered by the pedal input. I believe the Nord should work with most MIDI devices out there as long as you have a midi cable that can connect to it, I know you can get a midi cable that will terminate in an iPad connection for this. From there I think it depends on the midi capabilities of the app. I've run mine through looper pedals and sequencers with some great results. The sequencer option is fun because you can have it just go and continue to tweak the sounds as it runs. The a looper was fun for the endless layering. I feel you on the inspiration factor haha that's exactly why I got the Nord over the Roland pad :)
Thanks for the positive feedback! Those sticks are from Drum Brigade, great first rate hickory sticks from a small business out of San Diego. Every purchase really makes a difference :) Here’s a link www.drumbrigade.com/products
Yes, these are all stock sounds in banks A-D (50 groups of 6 for each bank). There are are also some banks of individual sounds organized by drum type (kick, snare, tom, cym, perc etc..) to give you a quick starting point for creating your own custom sounds. You get 4 banks (50 groups of 6 for each bank) to fill with your own custom tones. You also can save some favorite sounds to the individual bank of user tones for quick access.
Eric Lutz I’ve used it as a controller to track software drums with Logic Pro and it was great, very dynamic response. Only hang up was really the hi hat open/close stuff. Had to manually do that later 👍
That Nord is def the most advanced drum device of that general format out there. As bad as I want it, I don't pay a grand and a half for things like this, since it isn't 1991 anymore, and stuff.
@@PhilPardell It was listed @ $1100ish only a month ago, unless my brain is just switching to amoebas instead of neurons, or something, but I'm quite sure, lol. I look it up earlier today -- $1600ish. I hope the Nord devs aren't confused when they must start thinking, "What, almost nobody is buying our drum pad kit no more; we could barely keep up making them before they'd get snatched up; now no one wants them...?"
@@PhilPardell The dozens of other devs out there who are capable of making similar things to this; Alesis, Korg, some of the newer yet to be big name brand manufacturers, etc are observing this, and maybe someone will spring a pad format drum synth into the market soon which will roughly parallel what this Nord does, and it would be had for $500ish or less. Wouldn't it be strange if it were Flamma or Behringer who step in and undermine Nord with a device which does much or most of what the Nord can do. Should that fantasy-like scenario actually happen, it will be because Nord did it to themselves.
Hahaha blessed madness !! I've seen enough videos of people with 2 Korg Wavedrum but none with 2 Nord Drum !!! ... the creative possibilities are out of hand haha thank you very much !!
Yah man, I really enjoy this thing. The previous version was also sold as just a brain with more trigger inputs but doesn't have some of the effects and functionality of the 3P version if I'm remembering right. If you get a ddrum DDTi trigger interface (usually around $150) you can hook it up through MIDI and have up to 10 triggers controlling the 6 sounds though if multiple triggers are a priority.
From my experience each pad represents a midi channel (1-6). If you have a trigger triggering say pad 2 through the DDTi it will just be triggering what every sound/pitch you have pad 2 set at. However, I have noticed you can change the pitch (midi note) the DDTi sends to that pad. So you could have your trigger produce a different pitch than what pad 2 is set at with the same sound. If you were using a similar tone on all the pads and just wanted more pitches of that sound from some other triggers or pads hooked up to the DDTi, you could have 10 additional pitches if you have that many pads/triggers.
@@aikighost yes, it can be set up so each instrument channel responds to a single note OR that each instrument channel is its own MIDI channel so they can be played chromatically. It really is that flexible.
Great instrument. I got to own it someday..
It's more like a real instrument + unique sounding, dynamic and "organic".
As opposed to dead cold samples
The nuance and 'life' you can get out of the velocity settings is amazing
Hi, what's that kick trigger you're using? First I thought it's a triggera krigg but...
Nice demo btw!
Thanks for the kind words, the kick trigger is the Roland KD-7 👍
Your IV excellent demos are sound, clearly revealing the inspiration of the machines potential and indeed yours :) Thanks!
Wow thank you for your comment! Really means a lot 👊
Sorry I didn't buy one through the link above, but I did buy one because of this video. It's sitting unboxed, right now.
Happy for you Michael! I actually should get rid of my links anyway, I haven't spent the time needed to make the affiliate program work anyway haha. Just glad to hear people are finding this helpful.
This sounds wonderful. I ordered one that arrives this afternoon. I play dununs and djembe but also have a modular synth, which I haven't been able to get the distinctly different sounds to mesh. Hoping the electronic sounds here will mesh with the modular well. Thanks for the demo.
Thank you!
This sounds sooo good! I have seen some people having trouble with noise from the reverb-effect. Have you noticed any noise problems?
It sounds even better in person. I’ve not had any complaints about noise or anything not operating as it should. Incredibly dynamic.
I believe they addressed that issue in the latest patch (from a few years ago). Maybe double check if yours is up to date
GREAT REVIEW! Best on youtube re the NORD ! I was teetering between buying this because size wise its easy to tour with and the Roland HPD20 - You are the only reviewer that has succinctly explained the difference between The Nord 3 and say a Roland HPD 20 .From my perspective I could not use this because its just to 808 sounding , the Roland HPD has really useable sounds and kits by the bucket load .
I have been using my Roland Octaopad30 for the last 2 years - done 600 shows but I wanted something a little easier to travel with.
I think the majority of the sounds on the NORD sound like dodgy 80s PC Atari games.LOL
Thanks !
candidcomment Hahaha thanks! Glad it was helpful!
candidcomment that's the point smart one
It's a drum synth not an electronic drum kit or a sample pad
Alesis Strike Multipad.
dude what? so many of these SYNTH sounds sound exactly like a real drum
HI Phil! Great demo!! Love the sounds! Many reviews complain about the noise floor of the internal reverb? What was your impression, is it disturbing in any way? Is this still an issue? Have you used the internal effects for this demo? Thanks in advance :)
Thanks for the kind words! I personally haven't had a problem with the reverb noise floor, though I don't do a ton of recording with this and I don't go too crazy with the amount of reverb anyway. I may have put reverb on a portion of one of the videos where I get into making custom sounds or claps/snaps. On this stock sounds video many of the preset sounds have reverb on them. I do like the variety of reverbs and you really can tweak the tone and amount applied. Hope that helps!
@@PhilPardell Thank you!!
Wasn’t the reverb noise issue removed by a firmware update long time ago? v1.24 (2016-10-14) Using certain Reverb types (P3, P4, St, Ha) could cause a persistent increase of the output noise floor. Fixed - found on “Nord Drum 3P Update History” page
@@arturanowak Ok thank you :) Read a Thomann review about this and I wasn't sure wheather it is still an issue.
Hye awesome video man. What's that pedal your using to trigger the drum P3? thanks!
Hi Rony thanks for the kind words. Think the pedal was just a real cheap pdp one with a reverse beater put on it (Roland kdb7), triggering kick tones with the Roland KD-7 kick trigger.
@@PhilPardell thanks a lot man!
wow man this is really something special, excellent demo work!
Thank you!
What up Funky Phil!!! Great review brutha! I love this pad. Can’t wait to catch you on stage again soon! 🤘😎
PHIL!!! Thanks man! Yah man we gotta hang some time soon, would love to catch you crushing some drums too!
Very helpful U/L. I have wanted one for a while and after much research I have just bought one. I have had a Roland SPDS, which is very good but limiting in terms of being just a sample player (albeit with MIDI). The Nord Drum 3O seems much more fun with it's resonant synthesis, subtractive synthesis and FM-synthesis...can't wait :D
Hi, what kick trigger pedal are you using?, and, what do you think about the Roland KT-10? Thanks in advance and keep up the good work!
I'm using the Roland KD-7 (www.roland.com/us/products/kd-7/) through the single kick input on the Nord Drum 3P. I've had no issues what so ever with it. The KT-10 looks super cool, haven't really got to mess around with it in depth but seems like a really cool design!
Nice video and nice instrument, but does it have a typical clap sound in its library? I've listened thru all of these sounds that you've presented in 4 sound banks and i couldn't find any clap sound.
Thanks Wiktor, yah I wasn't really happy with any of the sounds that might be considered a "clap" in the stock sounds either. But it's pretty fun and easy to create your own custom clap preset. Here's a video I did about making a basic clap in the drum 3p: th-cam.com/video/gSXCN-rsnL4/w-d-xo.html
Hi Phil
i’ve owned both the spds,and the spd30. Had to sell them both because the pads weren’t responsive enough. So, even at the greatest sensitivity settings the pads would only reliably trigger if they were hit right in the center. ( i had Drumkat controller which was perfectly sensitive anywhere within the pad zone. The Nord seems to be very good that way from you demo......what do you think?
Hi Dave,
I know what you mean about digital drum pads and I've found the Nord to be very responsive to dynamics. I feel like it is one of the main elements that makes it feel almost like an acoustic instrument with certain tones. I've also been pleased with its dynamic response for controlling software instruments in a DAW via usb or MIDI.
Can you record all your pads into different midi tracks at the same time? record midi into ablation for instance? I know this has got limited audio outputs.
The midi on the drum3p is pretty extensive, you can send each pad to a different midi channel, use cc messages, even hook up a midi controller (with assignable knobs/faders) to control multiple parameters. I have used it to control software drums and it has excellent dynamic nuance. I've also hooked up sequencers and synthesizers to it too. This should be a link to the manual which has more in depth info about MIDI:
www.nordkeyboards.com/sites/default/files/files/downloads/manuals/nord-drum-3p/Nord%20Drum%203P%20English%20User%20Manual%20v1.x%20Edition%20C.pdf
@@PhilPardell - wow, thx, thats great. - I guess I could jam out on the pads, -record midi into ableton, then use those tracks to play a different physical drum synth. - I like the sounds the 3p makes, but I was worried it might not be exactly what I wanted to finally record - so this makes it perfect as a tool for getting down ideas- although the sounds are pretty good.
@@PhilPardell - its pretty reasonably priced also.
Thanks for posting this video. I just ordered a 3p after sitting on the fence all these years....Reading through a bunch of the forums I am wondering if you ever had a problem with noisy headphone output and reverb? Also pads coming unglued? Looking forward to receiving mine!
Thanks for watching and congrats on the purchase! I never had an issue with noise from my uses but that was mostly live situations. I actually did have one pad come loose at one point, I just glued it back on with a very thin coat of spray adhesive and haven't had an issue since. Didn't notice any change in that pad's dynamics/sensitivity too. Hope that helps and best of luck 👍
@@PhilPardell Thanks so much for your response. In regards to the pad, was it any particular spray adhesive that you used? I know this has been an issue for some and from the images I received of the unit I purchased the pads look a bit askew (is that a word??) so probably will need some re-gluing. I've read about other's using epoxy, but spray adhesive sound much easier. :-)
@@presentmomentmusic2023 Think it might have been 3M 77... Not 100% sure but think that was it 🙂
Great demo thanx!
I am totally new with these "E-drums/percussion" so maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to record your drum solo's?
Or do you need a external recording device
Dennis Stennis
Thanks for checking it out! The Nord Drum 3p does not have built in recording capabilities, you would need an external recording device to record it.
@@PhilPardell Thanx, that's too bad.
I am looking for such an "all-in" solution.
But great device it is for sure!
can i connect it to a MIDI Keyboard and trigger from the keyboard? and what about studio use?
You can connect a keyboard through midi and trigger sounds from the keyboard. Each sound is its own voice though, so you’d be controlling one sound in a monophonic manner. There might be some slick midi hardware that allows you to split into polyphony but I haven’t quite figured that out as of now 🙂. It works great as a dynamic set of pads to control software drums/percussion in a DAW rig or to just record the stereo output from the Nord too.
@@PhilPardell You can use this through software? And control samples? Is that what you’re saying? I would buy this is a heartbeat if there was a way I could play my samples through this as well as use it’s own drum synths.
@@uncoiledfish2561 As long as you can hook up to your computer through MIDI cables and make custom settings in your software you should be able to use the Drum3p as a MIDI controller. You should be able to run the audio outs from the nord and your computer to have both sounds too.
Wow. The sounds have a solid umph to them. I really like this. Would be kind of cool to have a seq in it. But I have so many so not a real issue.
Yah a built in sequencer would be super cool. I've hooked up a synth with a sequencer through midi to the nord and it's pretty fun. Really frees you up to tweak sounds as it repeats.
But then if it had a sequencer built in the beautiful interface would be marred by additional complexity. With the Nord Drum series, YOU are the sequencer. Though I sequence my Nord Drum 2 with an Oxi One which is such a fun combination.
Are there straight ahead Jazz and enough Latin, Cuban, African, etc. sounds for a Jazz gig? Are they organized with names, or is it just "sound #X, sound #Y, sound#Z, etc.? Thank you and you have nice technique! P.S.: I'm a saxophone player.
The Drum 3p might not be the one for you if you are trying to replicate acoustic drums and percussion for jazz. There's no kit titles for the sound sets, just letter banks with each kit in that set identified by number (like A23). The letter categories seem to be organized by theme, some geared more to sound effects, others to electro kits, others to melodic etc.. A sample based pad like the Roland SPD-SX or the Alesis Strike Multipad might be more what you're looking for. Hope that helps and thanks!
@@PhilPardell Thank you for the reply, Phil! I did notice some straight-ahead sounds on the Nord, but also many more "electronic" type and melodic percussion sounds as you note. However, the percussive sounds have an "aliveness" and"" realism" (maybe it's dynamics) to them that the sample-based ones do not. I play piano in addition to saxophone, and use the modeling Pianotec for the same reason. I have the same view that Morten, who posted below, has. Also, I busk, and the Nord is half the weight of the Alesis Strike (the Nord's main competitor for me). I would agree that the Strike has more Jazz sounds (and everything else; 7000 of them, and one can load in one's own samples). Also the ability to use a hi hat pedal. Pity that no unit that combines the best of both exists!
@@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton it’s true, the Nord’s synthesized sound design approach gives you extremely expressive dynamics and an almost real acoustic instrument sound. You certainly do some jazz gigs with it especially if it’s approached as a unique instrument. There really are almost unlimited customizable sounds and textures you can create and save too. You can also hook it up to other devices and computers with MIDI, so it can control software instruments or samples on a laptop or other MIDI device. It would be cool if it had a couple more pads and a hi hat pedal trigger input too 👍
@@PhilPardell I think the hi hat trigger port omission is a big screw up! Hey, can one use the singular port for a hi hat trigger pedal instead of for bass drum? I would be using this (or the Alesis) with a looper, so I could just loop the hi hat, whether I trigger it by foot or drum stick. For me, the idea is the complete "one man band" - sax, piano (my first instrument, although sax is my main one), bass (I play guitar and bass too) and drums (I studied African drums in music school). I note the Alesis has a looper, but it's only 16 bars with no sequential loop feature, so I'll use a loop pedal or iPad Group the Loop (which is fantastic). I suppose the Nord can control iPad drum sounds too? I can actually see buying both the Nord and the Alesis, but the Nord "inspires" me, whereas the Alesis just does not. I mean sounds, not features!
@@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton If I remember correctly, the pedal port just corresponds to the first pad/channel on the Nord, so whatever sound you have assigned to that pad will be triggered by the pedal input. I believe the Nord should work with most MIDI devices out there as long as you have a midi cable that can connect to it, I know you can get a midi cable that will terminate in an iPad connection for this. From there I think it depends on the midi capabilities of the app. I've run mine through looper pedals and sequencers with some great results. The sequencer option is fun because you can have it just go and continue to tweak the sounds as it runs. The a looper was fun for the endless layering. I feel you on the inspiration factor haha that's exactly why I got the Nord over the Roland pad :)
Thank you for this great demo
May I ask whick audio interface you used for recording?
I think I used a Motu 4pre for this, just ran the direct left and right output straight into it.
@@PhilPardell Thank you for the quick reply, do you remember whether you used the Mic or Line Inputs of the 4pre, the sound is really nice and deep
@@koffergriff4759 ahh man I can’t remember, might have gone through the preamps, not 100% sure sorry!
@@PhilPardell no worries, thank you anyway
thx for the demo Phil...
Could listen to this all day
Thanks for the video! Very helpful. Btw, which drum stick brand is that? Those sticks look cool...
Thanks for the positive feedback! Those sticks are from Drum Brigade, great first rate hickory sticks from a small business out of San Diego. Every purchase really makes a difference :) Here’s a link www.drumbrigade.com/products
Excellent, thank you!
Awesome demo, thank you
Thank YOU!
Are these sounds in the pads library? Did you download them?
Yes, these are all stock sounds in banks A-D (50 groups of 6 for each bank). There are are also some banks of individual sounds organized by drum type (kick, snare, tom, cym, perc etc..) to give you a quick starting point for creating your own custom sounds. You get 4 banks (50 groups of 6 for each bank) to fill with your own custom tones. You also can save some favorite sounds to the individual bank of user tones for quick access.
I NEED this machine!
Has anyone used this to trigger drum software like EZ drummer? I haven't seen any examples yet.
Eric Lutz I’ve used it as a controller to track software drums with Logic Pro and it was great, very dynamic response. Only hang up was really the hi hat open/close stuff. Had to manually do that later 👍
Have you found / made a hand clap or finger snap?
I made my own, might make a vid on my approach.
th-cam.com/video/gSXCN-rsnL4/w-d-xo.html hope this helps!
There are envelopes specifically designed for clap sounds (multiple attack stages) and it does finger snaps so well
That Nord is def the most advanced drum device of that general format out there. As bad as I want it, I don't pay a grand and a half for things like this, since it isn't 1991 anymore, and stuff.
Yah man that’s bananas how much they’re asking for it now, I got mine years ago for around $500, noticed the price jump up during the pandemic.
@@PhilPardell It was listed @ $1100ish only a month ago, unless my brain is just switching to amoebas instead of neurons, or something, but I'm quite sure, lol. I look it up earlier today -- $1600ish. I hope the Nord devs aren't confused when they must start thinking, "What, almost nobody is buying our drum pad kit no more; we could barely keep up making them before they'd get snatched up; now no one wants them...?"
@@PhilPardell The dozens of other devs out there who are capable of making similar things to this; Alesis, Korg, some of the newer yet to be big name brand manufacturers, etc are observing this, and maybe someone will spring a pad format drum synth into the market soon which will roughly parallel what this Nord does, and it would be had for $500ish or less. Wouldn't it be strange if it were Flamma or Behringer who step in and undermine Nord with a device which does much or most of what the Nord can do. Should that fantasy-like scenario actually happen, it will be because Nord did it to themselves.
Actually they were going for $300 just last week at a major outlet. Keep your eyes peeled.
How about Drum kit Sounds ?
Mmm Phil, this machine is incredible, endless possibilities...Can you imagine two Nord Drum 3P at once? It could be crazy !
Hahahaha Yah you could get pretty crazy with two of these all linked up with MIDI and a sequencer!
Hahaha blessed madness !! I've seen enough videos of people with 2 Korg Wavedrum but none with 2 Nord Drum !!! ... the creative possibilities are out of hand haha thank you very much !!
It does really sound very dynamic. I think I may have found what Im looking for, shame its not got more extra inputs really.
Yah man, I really enjoy this thing. The previous version was also sold as just a brain with more trigger inputs but doesn't have some of the effects and functionality of the 3P version if I'm remembering right. If you get a ddrum DDTi trigger interface (usually around $150) you can hook it up through MIDI and have up to 10 triggers controlling the 6 sounds though if multiple triggers are a priority.
Cool, can you send midi to trigger different notes on a single pad for tuned stuff?
From my experience each pad represents a midi channel (1-6). If you have a trigger triggering say pad 2 through the DDTi it will just be triggering what every sound/pitch you have pad 2 set at. However, I have noticed you can change the pitch (midi note) the DDTi sends to that pad. So you could have your trigger produce a different pitch than what pad 2 is set at with the same sound. If you were using a similar tone on all the pads and just wanted more pitches of that sound from some other triggers or pads hooked up to the DDTi, you could have 10 additional pitches if you have that many pads/triggers.
Phil Pardell now that would make use of more than 6 pads. That’s interesting...
@@aikighost yes, it can be set up so each instrument channel responds to a single note OR that each instrument channel is its own MIDI channel so they can be played chromatically. It really is that flexible.
kit 11 is the Metal Gear Solid kit...
super rev!