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The first electronic drum was created in the early 1970s by Graeme Edge, drummer of The Moody Blues, in collaboration with Sussex University Professor Brian Groves. The device was used in the song "Procession" from the 1971 album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. [1]
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- The First ‘Electric’ Drums: Hollywood Meazzi’S Tronicdrum
- The First True Electronic Drums: Pollard’s Syndrums
- The First Battery-Powered Electronic Drums: The Synare
In 1968, Italian drum company Hollywood Meazzi launched the first line of electro-acoustic drums under the name Tronicdrum. At the time, they sold for $1300 USD – equivalent to about $9700 today! (That money could buy you several kits these days.) Hollywood Meazzi released two models: the Tronicdrum President (with a module mounted over the bass dr...
In the early 1970s, Graeme Edge (drummer of The Moody Blues) teamed up with Sussex University professor, Brian Groves to create the first fully electronic drum. It had a rubber control panel, touch-sensitive triggers, and hundreds of transistors. You can hear this drum on the Moody Blues song, “Procession” from 1971. Around this time, many bands we...
Star Instruments developed an electronic pad that wasn’t just more intuitive than the Syndrums – it was also completely portable. After releasing two products called the Synare 1 and the Synare 2, Star’s third iteration – the Synare 3 – became the gold standard in electronic drums when it went to market in 1979. Also known as the PS-3, the Synare 3...
Mar 7, 2022 · Pollard Industries released the first commercial electronic drum in 1976. This was the Pollard Syndrum, invented by Mark Barton and Joe Pollard. Despite its originality and authenticity, the product didn’t take off as successfully as its creators thought it would, so the business failed.
Pioneers like Graeme Edge experimented with the first electronic drums, ushering in a new wave of technological integration in music. By the 1990s, companies like Yamaha and Roland revolutionized the electronic drum market with their models.
Jan 25, 2019 · In 1976 Joe Pollard, a session drummer, and Mark Barton, a product designer for Tycobrahe Sound Company, invented the Syndrum. This electronic drum consisted of a sound generator and drum pads.
How did electronic drums become a ‘thing’? Did someone invent them in their basement? Did a fairy drum-mother float down from the sky to bless us all with a ...
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Jun 23, 2024 · The first successful drum pedal was invented by William F. Ludwig and his brother Theobald, who founded the Ludwig Drum Company.
