What Are Electronic Drums?
Drums are the oldest instrument on the planet. Percussion comes as naturally to human beings as the heartbeat, and there was probably never a time where percussion wasn’t used, if not in songs then in some type of rituals. But like all things, modern technology has impacted this ancient tradition in a substantial way in the form of the electronic drum. Quite simply, the electronic drum is a set of rubber and mesh pieces in the shape of all the pieces associated with a regular drum kit-tom toms, snare, base, hi hat and cymbals. Instead of having the quality of the materials produce the sound, the sticks activate sensors in the drums which in turn activate a synthesizer. The drum sound comes out of an amplifier opposed to being produced acoustically. This gives you numerous benefits. For one thing, you have countless drum kits at your fingertips. Electronic drums permit you to change the sound of each drum, and kits come in different themes. Even within a genre there’s choices and ranges
