Nord Drum

The Clavia Nord Drum is a virtual analog drum synthesizer, that Clavia claims is capable of 'retro-futuristic' percussion sounds.[1] It was unveiled by Clavia at NAMM 2012, and released in March 2012.

Nord Drum
Nord Drum (played by Aucan, 2013)
Manufacturer	Clavia
Dates	2012 -
Technical specifications
Polyphony	4 (1 per channel)
Timbrality	4
Oscillator	3: Body + Click + Noise
Synthesis type	Virtual Analog Drum machine
Filter	2 Low-pass filters
Attenuator	3 Gate + Decay
Velocity expression	Yes
Storage memory	99 patches
Input/output
Keyboard	No
External control	MIDI in/out, 4 trigger inputs

Features

The Nord Drum has four channels, in other words it is capable of creating four different drum sounds at once. Each channel can be triggered either from MIDI or from drum triggers, and the Nord Drum can therefore both be used to add electronic sounds to a drum kit, or be controlled from sequencers or MIDI keyboards. Each sound can be made up of a tone, a click and noise.[1]

References

1. "Nord Drum". Retrieved 2012-03-06.

Further reading

• "Reviews: Nord Drum". Future Music. No. 252. May 2012. pp. 78–81. ISSN 0967-0378. OCLC 1032779031.
• "Clavia Nord Drum". Sound on Sound. August 2012.
• "Clavia Nord Drum 2". Sound on Sound. May 2014.
• "Clavia Nord Drum 3P". Sound on Sound. April 2017.