Yamaha has decided to release information about their new DTX drums before winter NAMM. Yamaha basically has a new flag ship electronic drum kit. The new Yamaha DTX950K pictured above and the new Yamaha DTX900K pictured below. Continue reading this post…

Hart Dynamics has just released their new mesh drum head offering, Hart Maxxum. Similar to Roland mesh drum heads, this is the newest member of the Hart Kontrol Screen mesh drum head family (which also includes the Hart Magnum drum head). This single ply drum heads has been designed to work well with Snare and Bass drums. It’s available in sizes ranging from 6″ inches to 24″ inches. For more information on this new offering from Hart Dynamics, be sure to check out their “Products” page.

In this post, we will explore the inside of, quite possibly, the most common drum pad trigger on the market today. The picture above is of a Medeli DD602 (DD602 manual, DD602 setup guide) drum pad. Many edrum companies have used parts and/or complete drum pads of this type from Medeli including: Continue reading this post…

This post is a follow-up to the Alesis DM10 Pro Kit Review (part 1 of 2). This post is also a special edition Hellfire Electronic Drum Systems video podcast of the Alesis DM10 module. Consider this review to be part 2 of 2. The video has been split up into three parts. You may have seen part one on YouTube, but the audio quality isn’t that great on YouTube. Because of this you may want to listen to video #1 again here in better quality. Below are the links to the videos. Enjoy! Continue reading this post…

It looks as if Pearl is getting back into the electronic drum market once again. Pearl made edrums back in the early to mid 1980’s but, have not made any since. There is not much known about this new offering by Pearl but the talk is they will be in the same vain as the new Ddrum Hybrids. For more information on these up comming electronic drums visit the Pearl drummers forum.