When writing a song, performing before an audience, or laying down tracks to be at our best, making the music has to “feel” right. For too long, drummers have had to live with a double standard with ...

Anyone sharing a home with a musician will appreciate advances in technology that make for quieter practice. Wearing headphones while playing electronic drums is already a good way to keep the noise ...

Roland has been in the electronic drum business for a good many years, and most kits released have so far had a somewhat skeletal look compared to their traditional counterparts. Now the company has ...

The Roland TR-1000 Rhythm Creator is a direct successor to the famed TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines, each anchoring entire genres of 20th-century pop music and EDM. It's analog, it's aesthetic, and ...

With an electronic drum set, you can enjoy the tone and feel of real drums without any of the extra bulk or noise. By Julian Vittorio Updated Jan 28, 2023 9:09 AM EST We may earn revenue from the ...

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DRUMS WEEK 2025: Many computer musicians shy away from programming their own acoustic (as opposed to electronic) drum tracks, understandably concerned that since they don’t know how to play a real ...

If you don’t know his name, you definitely know his sound. As the man behind the hugely popular Drums That Knock sample libraries, DECAP’s expertly crafted percussion hits have embedded themselves ...

Undoubtedly the most high profile hardware release of the year, the TR-1000 is Roland ’s new flagship drum machine, combining ...