page_title: Electronic drum
section_title: Elements
hierarchical_section_title: Electronic drum / Elements
caption_attribution_description: YAMAHA DTXPRESS IV module clip from: File:Fanny + Alexander's Home Studio.jpg Português: Estudo caseiro de Fanny + Alexander English: Fanny + Alexander's Home Studio www.fannyalexander.net
context_page_description: An electronic drum is a modern electronic musical instrument, primarily designed to serve as an alternative to an acoustic drum kit or other percussion instruments. An electronic drum consists of an electronic or digital sound module which produces the synthesized or sampled percussion sounds and one or more electric sensors or sensor-equipped pads to trigger the sounds. Like regular drums, the sensors or pads are struck by drum sticks or by the hands and they are played in a similar manner to an acoustic drum kit.
  Strictly speaking, modules playing pre-programmed electronic drum tracks and electronic or digital drum machines are not electronic drums, because the program, not a drummer or other musician, is triggering the sounds.
  The electronic drum 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 or specialized acoustic/electronic cymbals. The drum pads themselves are either discs or shallow drum shells made of various materials, often with a rubber/silicone or cloth-like coated playing surface that provides some rebound to sticks.
caption: The drum module for the Yamaha DTxpress IV electronic drum kit.
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