About the Zendrum
The ZenDrum is a percussion midi controller, electronic
finger drum, portable edrum set. A ha... So what exactly does it
do? Well, you wear it around your neck like a guitar (or put it
on a stand) and on the body it has 24 touch-sensitive pads to be
played with your hands and fingers. How does it sound? There is
no answer to that question because it sends a midi signal to whichever
midi sound source you connect it to. Many people use it to trigger
electronic drum, either from an edrum module, sampler, computer
or midi-module. People also use it to trigger melodic instruments
and loops. Some people have recorded whole cds where every sound
was controlled by the zendrum.
listen to a piece of Tom Roady´s Zendrum CD "One Tribe":
Galactic
Galileo
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zendrum bodies waiting to be assembled |
It has been around for about 13 years
and was created by David Haney and Kim Daniels, both drummers,
after they saw a concert of the Flecktones and Futureman playing
his "Drumitar". Part of the original idea was to
give drummers the possibility to come to the front of the
stage and sing while playing. |
One of the cool things about this instrument is that everybody
does different things with it and plays it differently. Check out
this video that shows several zendrum players including Futureman
and Billy Cobham: zendrum
demo movie
If you want to see more, be sure to check out the zendrum
website and the download section for lots of videos and audio-files.
There is a very nice zendrum community who you can meet in the zendrum
forums.
Links:
Zendrum website
Zendrum forum
Resource
Site
Zendrum
History
Playing
Instructions
Harmony Central Zendrum
Review (kind of outdated)
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