trigger Archives - DRUM! Magazine

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Drum Triggers* (*But Were Afraid To Ask)

BY MIKE SNYDER Drummers have triggered electronics from acoustic drums for more than 30 years (yes, we did have running water and electricity back then too), b... Read More

The 2017 DRUMMIES! Gear Award Winners

For the past 24 years, readers of Drum magazine have pored over the annual Drummies! ballot to cast votes in the percussion industry’s definitive gear award pol... Read More

Don’t Pull That Trigger!

BY MIKE SNYDER A lot has happened in the e-drum world over the last 30-plus years. Companies and products have come and gone, and in many cases, come again. Al... Read More

How To Build Your Own Electronic Kit

BY KAREN STACKPOLE The moon ducks behind gathering clouds, plunging the earth into the darkest night. You wake in a sweat, the urge to attack the kit dominating... Read More

All You Wanted To Know About Drum Triggers

BY MIKE SNYDER Drummers have triggered electronics from acoustic drums for more than 20 years (yes, we did have running water and electricity back then, too), b... Read More

A Roland SPD-S Sampling Primer

BY MIKE SNYDER You can scarcely open the pages of DRUM! without seeing a Roland SPD-S next to a drum set. It’s become something of a “must have” for drummers, ... Read More

Tweaking For Touch: The Electronic Trigger

BY NORMAN WEINBERG A drummer’s touch is a serious part of his or her personality and sound. Compare any two topnotch players and you’ll realize that their dist... Read More

Proven Tips For Triggering Kicks

BY MIKE SNYDER Drummers can be fickle about the things they hit. Take triggers, for instance. Way back in the roaring ’80s, drummers embraced the ability to tr... Read More

How To Record Electronic Drums

BY JAKE WOOD (Originally published in DRUM! Magazine, 2010) Playing electronic drums can be a lot like practicing to make out with that hideous pillow a cer... Read More