The company's Digital Drumbanks range of preset drum machines not only includes built-in pads from which you can trigger the onboard PCM drum samples, they even come with a free pair of drumsticks so you can get thwacking straight away.īut it's another kind of connection which makes the latest addition to the DD range particularly interesting to MT readers: MIDI. Perhaps it's not surprising, then, that it should be left to Yamaha's Portable Keyboards division to make the logical connection between drum machines and the instant gratification provided by hitting drum pads. But could you imagine a manufacturer putting drum pads on a synthesiser? No, that would be considered frivolous.
There's nothing more simple, immediate and fun than hitting drum pads, so it's no surprise that pads have cropped up on some portable keyboards (Yamaha's PSS790 being the latest example). WITH THEIR EMPHASIS on attracting the casual punter off the street, portable keyboards have always been strong on simplicity, immediacy and fun.
