DM-8

Flagship Digital Drum Kit for Stage Performance and Studio

DM-8

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The NUX DM-8 is our newest drum kit featuring new innovative technologies, giving drummers an authentic acoustic-like feel and realistic expressive playing. The DM-8 features a robust rack system which is not only durable but looks great when you’re rocking out! Keep reading to learn about all the exciting new features!

An Expressive Hi-hat

The hi-hat is mounted on its own hat stand, providing a more realistic feel as opposed to a fixed pad. Mounted onto a motion sensor unit, the hat can be easily adjusted to your playing style, including Open/Closed and Half Open hats.

A 12" Independent Snare Drum

The DM-8 snare pad authentically emulates the behaviors of a real acoustic snare drum with its rim and shell design. The triple zone enables you to play convincing rim shots/and cross sticks while adapting to the needs of most playing situations from rock/funk/to latin and the cross stick is great for ballads or bossa nova. The snare uses the latest three-point trigger technology, which makes the sound of each position on the drumhead more balanced. Also included is a very stable independent snare stand, for the best performance.

A New 10" Kick

The newly designed 10-inch independent kick drum can fully support a double bass pedal.

The new kick pedal features a double chainstay and a thicker soleplate. The double chain design makes the beater swing more stable, while the thickened base plate keeps the entire pedal from moving freely.

Group Fader

The new DM-8 sound module is loaded with innovation and eye-catching features, including the Group Faders, which assigns audio levels to each individual pad. Create your own custom drum mixes easily! Also included are 30 sets of high-fidelity drum kits with different styles. No matter the drum style, you can get the sounds you want from it. Intuitive and powerful sound customization features allow users to freely edit their own drum kits. You can assign any sound to the rim or head.

USB Audio I/O

The DM-8 module is also an audio interface, with the ability to send stereo audio and MIDI data to a Mac or Windows computer via USB. This lets you record discrete audio and MIDI drum tracks in any DAW, or trigger sounds from software based drum instruments for studio or live playing. Want to record more than a stereo pair? No problem. You can record up to 14 separate audio tracks into your favorite DAW.

Import Your Samples

The DM-8 enables you to import your own WAV samples via a USB Flash Drive. Now you can build your dream kit with your favorite samples and assign to any pad to play. Think of the possibilities!

Effects

Want to customize your drum sounds even further? The DM-8 includes a selection of high-quality of effects that can be applied to each pad. Simply navigate to the EFFECT menu and select your effect. Add EQ, Compression, Overdrive, or Reverb to the individual pads, or add a Master Compression and/or EQ to your overall mix.

Jamming and Recording

Jam Away! The DM-8 has a great selection of built in songs that you can jam along with, including a dynamic variety of musical styles for every type of drummer.

Practice makes perfect! Record your solo drum performances onto a USB memory stick or upload your favorite backing track, play along with it, and save it as a WAV file to analyze your playing by hearing the entire mix play back.

And finally, an AUX IN port is provided to hard connect your preferred your playback device and create a solid mix between your backing tracks and your playing.

Join the NUX E-Drum Community on Facebook!

This group is mainly for DM-8, DM-210, DM-7/7X users to share their experiences and discussion, you can also share your NUX e-drums playing video here. Don’t hesitate, come to share with us!!

Digital Drums Comparison
DM-8 DM-7X DM-310H DM-310 DM-210 DM-110
SNARE 1 x 12" REMO Mesh Snare (dual trigger) With cross stick & Rim Shot 1 x 10" REMO Mesh Snare  (dual trigger) cross stick and rim shot 1 x 10" Mesh Snare(dual trigger) 1 x 10" Mesh Snare(dual trigger) 1 x 8" Mesh Snare(dual trigger) 1 x 8" Mesh Snare (dual trigger)
TOMS 3 x 10" REMO Mesh Toms (dual trigger) 3 x 8" REMO Mesh Toms (dual trigger) 2 x 8" Mesh Toms (dual trigger) 1 x 10" Mesh Toms (dual trigger) 2 x 8" Mesh Toms (dual trigger) 1 x 10" Mesh Toms (dual trigger) 3 x 8" Mesh Toms (dual trigger) 3 x 8"  Mesh Toms (single trigger)
HI HAT 1 x 12" All-rubber independent stand 1 x 12"  All-rubber 1 x 12" All-rubber independent stand 1 x 12"  Rubber  (dual trigger) 1 x 10"  Rubber  (dual trigger) 1 x 10"  Rubber  (dual trigger)
CRASH 2 x 12" All-rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke  2 x 12" All-rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke  2 x 12"  Rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke  2 x 12"  Rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke  1 x 10"  Rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke  1 x 10"  Rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke 
RIDE 1 x 14" All-rubber  (3-Zone trigger)  With Choke  1x 14" All-rubber  (3-Zone trigger)  With Choke  1 x 14"  Rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke 1 x 14"  Rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke 1 x 10"  Rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke  1 x 10"  Rubber  (dual trigger)  With Choke 
BASS DRUM  Pedal + 1 x 10” Mesh Kick Pedal + 1 x 6” Rubber Kick Pedal + 1 x 6” Rubber Kick Pedal + 1 x 6” Rubber Kick Pedal + 1 x 6” Rubber Kick Pedal + 1 x 6” Rubber Kick
HI HAT PEDAL Indepandent Hi-Hat + Pedal Stand with Half Open Feature Hi-Hat Control Pedal with Half Open Feature Indepandent Hi-Hat Control Pedal with Half Open Feature Hi-Hat Control Pedal with Half Open Feature Hi-Hat Control Pedal with Half Open Feature Hi-Hat Control Pedal 
KIT 30 Presets + 18 User Slots 30 Presets + 18 User Slots 25 Presets + 10 User Slots 18 Presets + 10 User Slots 15 Presets 12 Presets + 3 User Slots
VOICES 300  + 100 User-import WAV files 300 425 361 135 96
USB INTERFACE Audio (14 channels) + MIDI MIDI Audio (8 channels) + MIDI Audio (8 channels) + MIDI MIDI Audio (2 channels) + MIDI
AUX IN RECORDING - - Yes Yes Yes Yes
POLYPHONY 81 108 81 81 81 81
DISPLAY Colour TFT Colour TFT Backlight LCD Backlight LCD Backlight LCD 3 Digits LED
AUX IN 3.5mm TRS 3.5mm TRS 3.5mm TRRS 3.5mm TRRS 3.5mm TRRS 3.5mm TRRS
OUTPUT Stereo (L+R)/ Mono (L) Stereo (L+R)/ Mono (L) Stereo (L+R)/ Mono (L) Stereo (L+R)/ Mono (L) Stereo (L+R)/ Mono (L) Mono
MIDI I/O MIDI OUT MIDI OUT - - - -
BLUETOOTH Audio Playback + MIDI Audio Playback + MIDI Audio Playback + MIDI Audio Playback + MIDI Audio Playback + MIDI Audio Playback + MIDI