Electronic Drums Buying Guide

How to Choose an Electronic Drum Kit
Electronic drums can add substance and versatility to any studio or live drummer’s arsenal. This BAJAAO Buying Guide includes information that can help you choose the right electronic drums for your needs – whether you’re a drummer, or simply want to be one!How Do Electronic Drums Work?
The operating principle of an electronic drum is really quite simple. It consists of a rubber pad or a mesh head, underneath which is a sensor. When the pad is struck, the sensor relays a voltage value to a sound module (sometimes called a brain). The sound module translates that value to trigger a particular sound, whether it’s a drum, a cymbal, or just about anything else, depending on the module’s features. The module also translates the velocity of the strike into a dynamic value so that it can reproduce softer or louder articulations that are part of the drummer’s performance. Some electronic drum and cymbal pads have two or three sensors underneath the surface. This gives a single pad the capacity to produce more than one sound. That allows, for instance, a snare pad to produce both a head sound and a rim shot, or a cymbal pad to deliver the sound of a bell, a bow, and an edge hit.Acoustic Drummer’s Introduction to Electronic Percussion
