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For the next ten years, Alesis created a wide variety of products such as the QuadraSynth synthesizer, D4 and DM5 drum modules, [9] and Monitor One studio monitors. In 1997, Alesis Semiconductor was formed, again taking advantage of Barr's custom integrated circuits to produce and market chips for the audio industry.
The electronic drum (pad/triggering device) is usually sold as part of an electronic drum kit, consisting of a set of drum pads mounted on a stand or rack in a configuration similar to that of an acoustic drum kit layout, with rubberized (Roland, Yamaha, Alesis, for example) or specialized acoustic/electronic cymbals (e.g. Zildjian's "Gen 16 ...
Bass drum Muffling the bass can be achieved with the same muffling techniques as for the snare, but bass drums in a drum kit are more commonly muffled by adding pillows, a sleeping bag, or other soft filling inside the drum, between the heads. Cutting a small hole in the resonant head can also produce a more muffled tone, and allows the ...
Another reason being the use of two bass drums and/or four or more rack toms in which case a stock hi-hat gets to be (uncomfortably) far away from the snare drum otherwise. Open-handed drumming in metal can include the use of a left-side ride, which has been used by drummers such as Gene Hoglan to play intricate stickings across two rides with ...
Electronic drum kits, especially mesh-head based ones, make significantly less ambient noise than acoustic drum kits [7] and mesh heads provide a playing feel more similar to acoustic drums than non-mesh electronic pads (typically rubber). [1] Mesh heads used in V-Drums kits today are made by the American drumhead company Remo. [8]
Alesis Fusion is a music production workstation produced by Alesis introduced in early 2005. It uses four different types of synthesis: sample and synthesis, virtual analog, FM and physical modeling. It includes sampling capability through analog inputs and importing audio samples from a computer or memory card. [1]
Drum Workshop was founded in 1972 as a teaching studio by Don Lombardi. Alongside student John Good, Lombardi began a small drum equipment sales operation to cover the studio's operation costs. After the closure of the Camco Drum Company in 1977, its manufacturing equipment was purchased by Drum Workshop. [2]
Logo The SDS 5 Electronic Drum Kit, ca.1981. Simmons SDS 5 front view. Simmons is an electronic drum brand, which originally was a pioneering British manufacturer of electronic drums. Founded in 1978 by Dave Simmons, [1] it supplied electronic kits from 1980 to 1998. The drums' distinctive, electronic sound can be found on countless albums from ...