Sounds This is the last Seriously Wired article for the moment, so I thought I'd look at an issue that has many less experienced electronic drummers a little frustrated – WHERE do you get good sounds from? That is a totally loaded question, and one I remember spending lots of time trying to
A nice big wheeled bag to get all your pads in... By the sound of it gigs in the UK are (very slowly but) gradually getting back to some form of normality. I hope they are where you are on the planet. Also, by the sound of it, more drummers are taking their
Just a quick one this month, but one which regularly crops up, and will do for as long as we use electronic drums. Every so often, I get a call from someone saying “My module's making a really loud hum/crackling/buzz. It's all over the outputs and I need to gig/record. What can I do?” or
Most people are familiar with the concept of MIDI now (and if you're not, just Google “Dolbear Seriously Wired What Is Midi?”), but there still confusion about when is a computer needed, and which direction does the data travel, so lets have a quick look. Again, this is the subject because of something that happened
If you follow the changes in the electronic drum world, you'll probably have noticed the change in mesh head pads over the last few years. Since the TD10, mesh head pads with centre cones have been 'the thing', the 'one to beat' and other 'sincere' marketing phrases. Even the original woven mesh head electronic pad
The Pearl eMerge Bass Drum When trying electronic kits, the one instrument that indicates, to me, how much time has been spent on the overall feel of it, is the bass drum. Some you just sit down at and go “That's nice!” whereas others you sit down and go “X thousand pounds and
Rather than fork out on a big acoustic looking electronic kit, you might be one of the many who has invested in an A2E conversion kit. If you are unfamiliar with the term A2E, it means Acoustic to Electronic, meaning you take an acoustic kit, stick mesh heads on it, use triggers and electronic cymbal
Billy Decker If you've been in the lucky position of recording with a band, then you'll be aware of the expression “It's being mixed...” often followed by “...we'll get it back in a week” or some such longish time schedule. The art of mixing records truly is an art. It's not easy to
I was talking to a friend the other day who was lamenting the fact that he would need to (possibly) get a new electronic kit. When I asked why, he said he needed one which could output all the different channels separately so he could record it at home into his computer like an acoustic
All hail, the reigning king of low latency drum plug-in performance... Due to lockdown/C19 I have found myself doing more video work and my 2014 Mac Mini wasn't really up to the job of video editing, especially as I want to work in 4k, so I decided to look into replacing it last
