Nord Drum Virtual Analog Drum Synthesizer

Back in the 80s the closest you could get to digitally recreating real drum and percussion sounds was to manipulating synthesizer's noise generators and mix in waveforms for tonal quality. The resulting sound was incredible and defined a generation but as time has gone on and technology has become more sophisticated more and more manufacturers have focused on creating the most realistic drum sounds possible to the point where now 99 percent of drum modules are purely concerned with real drum samples. Not anymore.

Nord have had enough. With the the Nord Drum they're taking it back to basics with simple but powerful old-school digital synthesised sounds and the tools to sculpt your own sounds quickly and easily and unlike anything else on the market. Connect up to pads or triggers or a midicontroller for total flexibility.

Here's what Nord say about the Nord Drum

The Nord Drum is a revolutionary 4-channel drum synthesizer. With an amazingly vast sonic palette and astounding level of playability the Nord Drum is guaranteed to change your perception of what’s possible with synthetic, sample-free percussion.

Create classic retro-futuristic percussion with analog waveforms or use the harmonically complex waveforms together with different colors of noise for results that both sound and respond stunningly organic. The Nord Drum is designed with the performing musician in mind and its extreme dynamic range and super-fast triggering add to the feeling of playing a real instrument.

4 high-sensitivity inputs and MIDI lets you play the Nord Drum with a wide range of Electronic Drum Pads, Acoustic Drum Triggers and MIDI-pads/Sequencers for easy integration into any existing drum-kit or the starting point for something completely new…