Happen to have an old Rock Band drum controller collecting dust in your living room? If you also have a spare Arduino and don’t mind parting with that plastic college memento then you’ve got the bulk ...

Drumming hackers take note, if you’ve got an extra bass drum pedal it’s cheap and simple to use it as a MIDI controller. This rig was thrown together to supplement a DIG DRUM electric drum set. That ...

I'm giving a lot of thought to picking up a guitar hero: world tour band kit bundle (which includes wireless xbox 360 drums). I have read several reports of using various video game drum controllers ...

In what might seem as a shot across the bow to reggae and world music purists everywhere (and many street performers that we've seen), the Alternate Mode panKAT MIDI steel drum percussion controller ...

Affordable DIY music machines have become all the rage of late, and there’s another one doing the rounds that goes by the name of Beatbox ($129). Currently seeking funding through Kickstarter, Beatbox ...

A Kickstarter project called Oddball aims to put a new spin on making music. Comprised of a ball about the size of a lacrosse ball and an accompanying app, the ball behaves as a percussion trigger, ...

If you're the kind of DJ who is dissatisfied with having to use faders or knobs placed in a certain position on a ready-made, bog standard MIDI controller, the folks over at umidi have something ...

Using samples can bring a convincing level of realism to drum sounds when creating digital music, but the real deal would be even better. You could build yourself a code-controlled Stickboy robotic ...