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A table-top electronic drum (or portable electronic drum) is an electronic drum that has all of its pads (except foot pedals) and the electronic sound module combined in a single table-top unit. It may have a small amplifier and small loudspeakers incorporated so that it can be used at jam sessions without plugging into a PA system.
Logo The SDS 5 Electronic Drum Kit, ca.1981. Simmons SDS 5 front view. Simmons is an electronic drum brand, which originally was a pioneering British manufacturer of electronic drums. Founded in 1978 by Dave Simmons, [1] it supplied electronic kits from 1980 to 1998. The drums' distinctive, electronic sound can be found on countless albums from ...
Electronic drum kits, especially mesh-head based ones, make significantly less ambient noise than acoustic drum kits [7] and mesh heads provide a playing feel more similar to acoustic drums than non-mesh electronic pads (typically rubber). [1] Mesh heads used in V-Drums kits today are made by the American drumhead company Remo. [8]
John Blackwell Jr. used electronic drums when he played with Prince. This is a partial list of notable users of electronic drums.Electronic drums have sensors or sensor-equipped pads, which the drummer strikes with a stick (or with their hand) to trigger synthesized or sampled drum or percussion sounds that are stored in a memory in an electronic drum module or synthesizer.
DTX hybrid pack including sound module, triggers, pads, cables, mounting hardware [1]; DTXTREME III drum trigger module [3]; DTX-MULTI12 electronic percussion pad, a split-level multi-pad with built-in sounds that allows users to add new digital sounds and samples; can be played using sticks, hands, or fingers, and used to program MIDI drums [3] [4] [2]
Drummers' usage of electronic drum equipment can range from adding a single electronic pad to an entire drum kit (e.g., to have access to an instrument that might otherwise be impractical, such as a large gong), to using a mix of acoustic drums/cymbals and electronic pads, to using an acoustic kit in which the drums and cymbals have triggers ...