November 7, 2018

Randall May EMAATS Mounting System Now Available

Jim Bybee [Roland US] Product News, Tips & Tricks acoustic drums, acoustic tom, drum feel, drum rack, electronic drums, floor tom, MAATS, MDS-25, MDS-50K, MDS-50KV, rack tom, Randall May International, RMI, TD-20, TD-30K, TD-30KV, TD-50K, TD-50KV, Tom, V-Drums, V-Pad

Enhanced Response and Natural Feel for Tom Pads in Roland V-Drums Sets

Randall May EMAATS tom mount with V-Pad.

Randall May EMAATS tom mount with V-Drums PD-108-BC V-Pad.

Roland U.S. is pleased to announce that we’re now distributing the EMAATS™ Mounting System from Randall May International™. Designed for the tom pads in V-Drums sets, this innovative system employs patented technologies to improve response and bring real acoustic tom feel to electronic drums for the first time. Read on to find out more about this cool new hardware, which is available as an easy retrofit for a number of different V-Drums stand models.

January 11, 2013

What are Drum Triggers?

OV Valle [Roland US] Tips & Tricks Drum Trigger, drums, Hybrid, Kick, Octapad, RT-105, RT-10K, RT-10T, Snare, SPD-30, Tom 4 Comments

A Simple Update to Your Acoustic Drum Kit

When it comes to drumming, acoustic drum triggers are the gateway to a sound palette limited only by your imagination. If you can think it, acoustic triggers can make it happen.

The Source of Sound…

Contemplate for a moment, the nature of sound. No matter what you play… a guitar, a piano, a wind instrument, even tapping your desk, the sound you hear comes as a result of striking something, like a piano key, a string, or even by hitting the instrument itself (like a drum head). Sound transmits by vibration, which resonates at a given frequency, which is then picked up by your ear and interpreted as sound. Even when you speak, your vocal chords vibrate at a frequency that your ears pick up, which your brain interprets as speech and words. The surface or interface you strike becomes the ‘trigger’ – the source of the sound. More