Pearl has just announced this week at PASIC 2011, that their Epro Lives Tru-Trac heads will now be available by themselves. You may recall back on November 2009 (Pearl ePro Live drums coming soon!) Hellfiredrum.com was one of the first to tell you about the Pearl ePro Live drum kit. Since the release of Pearl’s new electronic drum kit, many Pearl users have been asking for just the Tru-Trac heads to be made available for purchase since many of those users already have a kit. You ask and you shall receive. Continue reading this post…

Alesis just anounced the release of the new Alesis SamplePad at PASIC 2011. This is the first entry for Alesis in the Sample multi-pad device arena. It will join the market that currently is held by the Yamaha DTX multi 12 and the Roland SPD-SX. Though not as large and feature rich as the Yamaha and Roland units, it would appear that Alesis is pushing this device to be more of a supplement to your edrum equipment. With just the right amount of Continue reading this post…

Theory of Operation:

It is well known that the DM10 can not produce a velocity on a traditional switch type triggering zone. To get a switch zone on the DM10 to have a velocity, the DM10 must be tricked to think the switch zone is a piezo zone. This is done by using Continue reading this post…

Pictured above is the new SPD-SX sampling pad by Roland. This is the replacement for the popular Roland SPD-S. This new sampling pad has many improvements over the older model including more memory and the addition of USB connectivity. For more information about this product visit www.rolandconnect.com.

The above picture is the new C-MAX-9SR Electronic Drum Set from the Taiwan based company of XM Elecdrum. This kit comes with mesh head triggers and the new XSM-9SR drum module. What makes this drum module different than their others? This new module comes with Continue reading this post…