Electronic Drums & Percussion news

The Aerodrum developer team announces the release of an update that adds new playing options to the virtual drums/controller.

Simmons Drums introduces a new affordable electronic drum kit, the SD500, available for under $500.

Also new at Roland’s this summer is the TD-1K V-Drums entry-level, yet upgradeable, electronic drums.

Nord Keyboards released version 3.00 of its Nord Drum 2 OS.

Manufacturers have been looking for a solution for playing drums silently for quite some time now. Aerodrums is their new attempt.

Alesis introduced at NAMM 2014 a new sound drum module in a 19” 1U rack format.

Roland will introduce at NAMM 2014 the new TM-2 trigger module for acoustic drums.

Clavia has released the v2.10 version of the OS of its Nord Drum machine.

Roland launches the next generation of the HandSonic HPD digital hand percussion with the HPD-20 module.

Yamaha debuts at Musikmesse the new DTX502 electronic drums series, which features three kits and a new MIDI trigger module.

Yamaha introduced at NAMM a kit that allows drummer to transform their acoustic kit into and electronic one.

Korg unveiled at NAMM 2013 the Wavedrum Global dynamic percussion synth with built-in sounds.

Alesis completes its electronic drum line and introduces at NAMM the DM7X Kit and iPad-integrated DM Dock Pro Kit.

Roland updates the Octapad SPD-30 system program to version 2, which expands the onboard kit and phrase libraries.

Roland announces the TD-4KP V-Drums Portable, an electronic drum set with a folding design.