Nothing gets the Metalnets message board l33t fired up like a discussion on drum triggers. Are triggers only for posers who can’t play their instrument? Too artificial? Or are they a perfectly OK ...

At the time of his death in 2018, Vinnie Paul had been playing ddrum acoustic kits for a decade, and while he preferred the organic sound of his kit in the studio, Vinnie regularly used triggers to ...

This is a follow up to Vince’s blog on drum triggers. I’m with him. There’s definitely a misconception out there that to trigger is to cheat. I’ll get this out of the way early: triggers are like any ...

Ever heard of a handpan? If not, imagine a steel drum turned inside out, and in case that doesn’t help either, just think of a big metal pan you play music with by tapping your hands on its ...

Have you ever been stuck on a train/plane/bus or in a restaurant/classroom/meeting with a finger drummer? Finger drummers are those fidgety idiots who can't help but tap-tappity-tap away at anything ...

Drum Workshop (DW) has been working on a setup to "blur the lines between acoustic and electronic drums" for several years, possibly ever since the company partnered with Germany's GEWA for the Drum ...

M-Audio has introduced Trigger Finger, a mobile device used to trigger and program drum sounds. It’s also suitable for use with Ableton Live to trigger clips and scenes, or for activating video clips ...

A Kickstarter campaign has been launched for a drum sensor called Sensory Percussion, which is aimed at bringing the finesse of real drumming to the electronic music world. The sensors are made by ...

Musicians searching for professional MIDI drum triggers may be interested in a new piece of hardware which is being created by Josh Fifelski based in Detroit and aptly named the DremTrigger. The MIDI ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There was a time when using electronics meant playing not-so-great sounds on unforgiving pads. It ...

The concept behind DIY electronic drum kits is fairly simple — small piezoelectric elements are used to generate a voltage when the drumpads are struck. That’s easy enough, but the mechanical design ...