Noise allows for the addition of harsher, more percussive textures to the sound, suitable for snares, shakers, hi-hats, and the like.

This issue was addressed with the introduction of the Nord Drum 2, which includes a much more robust MIDI implementation, among other improvements.

It also added stereo outputs, mute groups, an improved synthesis engine with updated parametric controls, higher patch storage count, and individual effects per channel.

The engine was also modified slightly, seeing the removal of the attack rate/attack mode parameters, reduction in the available "click" types from 36 to 12, and addition of four new "tone" oscillator types - two modelled T-bridge oscillators, and two others based on ring modulation.

[6] Though two versions (the 3 & 3P) were both originally announced, the former has yet to be made available, and is currently absent from Nord's own product catalog.