Macworld

Trigger Finger triggers drum sounds, more

M-Audio has introduced Trigger Finger, a mobile device used to trigger and program drum sounds. It’s also suitable for use with Ableton Live to trigger clips and scenes, or for activating video clips ...
Wired

TableDrum App Uses Everyday Objects as Drum Triggers

Have you ever been stuck on a train/plane/bus or in a restaurant/classroom/meeting with a finger drummer? Finger drummers are those fidgety idiots who can't help but tap-tappity-tap away at anything ...
MetalSucks

In Defense of the Argument That Drum Triggers in Metal are Fine

Nothing gets the Metalnets message board l33t fired up like a discussion on drum triggers. Are triggers only for posers who can’t play their instrument? Too artificial? Or are they a perfectly OK ...
MusicRadar

“If you can hear it, the chances are other listeners will too!”: How to make virtual acoustic drum performances sound like the real thing

If you find that your MIDI recreations of acoustic drum parts are sounding a little robotic, we've got some tips and tricks to bring them to life, along with some great suggestions for acoustic drum ...
Hackaday

drum kit

Playing the drums requires a lot of practice, but that practice can be incredibly loud. A nice workaround is presented by [PocketBoy], in converting an acoustic kit ...
Hackaday

electronic drum

The concept behind DIY electronic drum kits is fairly simple — small piezoelectric elements are used to generate a voltage when the drumpads are struck. That’s easy enough, but the mechanical design ...