Nord Drum 3p - A Six Part Mono Synth!
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- 🎹 I've had the Nord Drum for a couple months and it's by far my favorite tool for making drum parts. It's distinctively "mine" in that I build the kits up from scratch and on top of being an excellent drum synth it can also be used as a six-part multitimbral monosynth. Bonus!
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Preset Sounds Demos
05:30 - Created Synth Sound Demos
08:04 - Oscillator Types Demos
14:20 - Closing Thoughts
15:12 - Outro Song
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You have, indeed, caused me to want a 3P. However, I purchased one before finding your video. I'm looking forward to trying what you've done. Excellent presentation. Thank you for taking the time to make it.
Glad I could…help? ;)
Massive thank you Luke for doing this, it even answered questions I didn't know I will have! Kudos
No problem sir!
going through the oscillator types really here really helps and was exactly what i was looking for..thanks
I’m glad! Are you using it as a drum synth or as a synth? Or a bit of both?
It's an interesting instrument, with very usable sounds. I can definitely see the value of having a straightforward dedicated box like this.
It takes a few extra steps to accomplish the same results in jack of all trades synths. eg. Decay time controlled by velocity takes up two mod slots out of the 6 available on my Virus Ti2 ( i.e. having the the decay modulate itself in one slot (positive values shorten decay time) , then using velocity to control the depth of that modulation in another slot) .. This recursive modulation technique is very useful to get dynamic drum sounds..
A Drum 4 and Lead 5 are high on my list of desirable new products from Nord. :)
Ha ha. Didn’t even realise my Nord 3p can do this 😁 I should have read the manual properly 😅
Thanks for pointing out these features & possibilities 👍🏾
Glad you liked it!
great overview, thank you. what a great bit of kit!
I certainly never plan on selling it. :)
Great demonstration. Thanks for the video. :)
Thank you!
I am glad to see the Nord Drum 3P get some love. I have not played too much with the midi but man that sounds good. I control the synth with an iPad and my son uses sticks on it. Nicely done, liked and subscribed.
Cool! Share your recording if you post any, I’d love to hear what you do with it. ;)
thanks for the upload !
The video upload? Any time!
Sounds amazing.
Thanks! If I can just extend it to an hour, I’ll approach your level of output. ;)
I love the Nord 3p!
Do you have examples of what you do with yours?
Sounds awesome. Love the tonal quality. Been looking at the Erica Synths Perkon but the playability of the Nord (pads) is very attractive.
Get both? ;)
wow, I like it a lot ...
Thank you!
ive been eyeing these for a long time, and then the prices sky rocketed! But i have some gift cards, so knowing that it can used as 6 monosynths is putting back on my radar
To be fair and open, they are somewhat limited, monosynths in the modulation realm, but very functional. Jeremy over at red means recording did an excellent video driving a Nord drum with a digitact I believe.
@@synthseeker oh yeah no doubt! not expecting like 6 Sequential Pro3s in there ;P. saw RMR video too lots of fun!
This is so awesome. I really appreciate you showing how you can incorporate the 3p as a tool beyond a drummer's perspective (I got sticks myself but have always been more of a keys guy). I wondered how I might incorporate 3P into an Ableton set - showing us how you are using it, playing midi clips while performing one of the 3p's instrument/sound in note mode (just like you could with a Ableton Live instrument or a VST) just broadened my interest in buying it and helping it find a home in my equipment stack.
Oh and the stone marimba.. I think you are talking about a lithophone?
I don't drum, but my drummer friends *love* it when I drag out the NordDrum for them...they always squeal about how they love it's response to stick-drumming. That said, I've had the Norddrum for a year or so and it's not going to be leaving anytime soon.
And yes...Lithopone. That was it. :)
Looking forward to the "How to Dusseldorf School" video!
Pressure!!! :P
This device has a lot of percussion potential. I am looking for a way to make more unique percussion sounds. I like to experiment with sounds that are not sampled. This might be worth the buy for me. Looks straight forward to learn and it has midi cc assignment capability which is really good.
I still have and use it. :) works for me.
Great. I must attempt a “one synth” track with the 3p. It is a lovely machine. Don’t forget to modulate all the cc values!
Absolutely!
im new to midi….what does modulating the cc values mean lol, sounds intimidating. thanks
When you control a synth over a midi cable, you send it information called “note on/off” events - usually from another synth or your computer. But there are other messages that can be sent, and one type are “CC” messages. CC stands for “continuous controller” and is a way to turn knobs on a synth remotely (though the knobs do not physically turn).
You can learn more about midi CCs here! www.sweetwater.com/insync/continuous-controller/
And here’s a video on them! czcams.com/video/U4PvSleDMvg/video.html
It's a great synth I love mine got it connected to a beatstep pro
Share your creations! Love to hear them!
Same here!
@@chazsallen made a video of a couple beats i made.
sorry for the ok-ish quality
czcams.com/video/qduQXOzhrVM/video.html
★★★★★ Very cool and interesting. Nice looking instrument too - and not too big. I likey.
Yeah, a bit smaller than a loose-leaf notebook!
Errata: Too lazy to fix the comment typo "beaing" - you know what I meant. :P
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Thank you!
Great video! I love my ND3P but I've recently discovered a big jump in the sound every time I go from one kit to another (A4 to A5 for example). Makes it kinda useless for live sets, which is a massive bummer!
Have you considered compression/limiting the end of your ND signal chain? It might help?
Have you tried a factory reset? You can backup your presets so you won't lose them.
I have a beginner question. I own the Nord drum 3P but not any kind of sequencer or drum machine. I noticed you were using the Abelton push 2 to sequence the Nord drum, would I be able to use something like the novation launchpad mini to do the same thing with the Nord drum 3p? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Hi @kalealeac - I don't think the LPmini has any kind of built in sequencer, but let me ask you this: are you using it with Ableton Live or some piece of software or are you using it standalone / Dawless?
@@synthseeker well I use Ableton and Reaper on my PC, and Cubasis on my iPad. I also have the nord music control app to control the nord but i'm not real familiar with it yet. thank you for your reply. I was wondering if I could sequence it with the launchpad mini through one of my Daws, with my scarlett that has midi. thanks.
@@KodyXXVll - yes you can totally use the LPMini as a control surface in Ableton exactly like I did in my video. You should update it to firmware 2.0 and watch the Ableton integration videos on the Arturia website for instruction - or read the LPMini manual, it's pretty good! I'm not sure about Reaper or Cubasis...you'll have to check with others who use those apps...as I do not. :)
@@synthseeker thank you so much for your reply. I appreciate the help I just purchased a launchpad mini and I will watch the tutorial videos on CZcams until it arrives. Thank you again.
Nice showcase of the sound-design capabilities. Does the Nord Drum pitch chromatically (ie. plug in a MIDI keyboard and play a single drum melodically)? Or is it a case of manually pitching every single drum, to different tracks? I hope it's the former, as this basically opens this up as a synth module.
Either. :) you can configure it to respond to a single midi channel in which case each drum is assigned to respond to a particular midi note, or you can configure it to have each of the six engines listen on a unique midi channel and note number on each is then mapped to pitch.
@@synthseeker Ah, thanks for clarifying. Seems like such a versatile percussive synth tool, with a lot of possibilities.
Hi Luke, many thanks for your very interessting video. I'm short before buying the Nord Drum 3p and would like to know, how you did the setup in combination with the Push 2. That is exactly how I want to use it. Would you explain how you did it? How can I get that explanation?
Hi Sounder, do you want to use it as a drum synth (all in one) or like separate monosynths?
I want to use it with drumsticks in combination with my push 2 and Ableton Live 11. I also wrote an email to you
…so I think I use it as a drummachine and also as a mono synth.
You can configure the 3P so that each drum responds to its own midi channel. Do that if you want to use them as individual mono synths. You would use the Ableton external instrument device (six, each on it's own track) to accomplish this. You should check the documentation at Ableton for how to use that device.
Is you want to just use it as a drum synth controlled by the Push, you can set it to use a global midi channel and again, use an external device plugin within Ableton to send notes from the Push to the 3P.
I'll try to do a video detailing this in the coming days. :)
That would be great, many thanks!
Is it possible to make kits, save them to Logic Pro and then transfer them over to any electric drum kit that has a sample synth to a typical electronic drum kit?
You can record them as audio and create samples yes but you’ll lose all or most of the dynamic nature of the drum synth. :)
really, that is sad to hear... why is it. not possible to record as midi? I see there is midi out... that will not work?
@@synthseeker
Maybe I don’t understand the question. :) do you want to record the sounds of the Nord drum or the midi of your playing while using the Nord drum? You can do both.
both...
I mean, in the Nord Drum one can design unique sounds not possible to find on average electronic drum kits.
so just wondered if is possible to make drum kits on the Nord Drum and save them as a kit and download them to typical electron drum kits later....
maybe one does not even have to play on the Nord Drum but just connect it to the Logic Pro and make the sounds and modify them in Logic Pro directly as long as the Nord Drum is connected?
I am really new to electronic music and synths, I just got the Nord Drum... so sorry if my questions are really dumb 🤦♀@@synthseeker
Luckily I already own a Nord Drum…otherwise I'd probably have to buy one now ;)
Thank goodness..you're safe!
Nice! 🙂
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3P, A1r and a Wave 2 … Is that all?! 😉
For nord synths in my collection? Yes. :) I'm waiting patiently for them to release some evolutionary (or hopefully revolutionary) but I'm not holding my breath. :)
I've been pining after one of these for a while but I'm always a tad reserved because I see these sell used for a lot less than new which is good but also makes me wonder why are people selling them for so much less than they paid?
I think due to the pads and the fact that they take a beating that the condition used is often perceived as "beat up". Also the Nord Drum 2 doesn't have pads and is very desirable...the prices on those is going up on the used market. this all tends to drive the prices on used 3Ps down.
Nord gear is pretty universally well built. It's not a quality issue. :)
@@synthseeker that's good to hear at least, thank you!
3.20 - it can hardcore kick. So can it hardstyle pitched kick?
Absolutely! It’s a synth…you can totally dial it in…but you may have to do a little manual-reading.
A bit like early Kraftwerk. Nice.
High praise! Thank you!
dynamism*
I'm sorry, did you find a typo?
@@synthseeker You were looking for this word... you said dynamicness
Gotcha’ thanks!
Your videos contain so many jokes that I have trouble following the core message.
Making music for eggs is an ethical goal though, make those chicks work!
Doing it “for the chicks” is a running gag that you will see fairly often if we ever meet at a festival or conference. ;)