No but depending on the drill it may need to be prepared (disked) dirt. The standard duty drill will have single or dual disc openers followed by a tire or drag chain. The discs are usually set up in a gang fashion and come up and down with hydraulic power.

These kinds of drills will do little to nothing besides spread seed in very hard ground or ground having a lot of cover (grass, etc.).

No-Till drills will have much heavier setups to use their disc to cut open a trench in harder ground. The JD ones I'm familiar with had a VERY large spring on each opener arm but used the tractor hydraulics in constant flow to keep penetration constant. They also had a small wheel that pressed the seed into the trench then a cast iron wheel that closed the trench from a different angle. They came in 10, 15, or 20' widths and needed around 8-12 hp per foot for a tractor.

There is no free lunch. If you don't take care of whats already on top of the dirt (grass, weeds, last years plot) with tillage or chemical you won't get a good stand. No Till Drills aren't the magic pill many people believe them to be. They also aren't cheap. The last new 10' I sold (YEARS ago) was better than $30k and the 20' was nearly $55k.