Drums & Percussion

Electronic Drum

Also called: Drum machine hit

A drum sound made by a circuit, not a skin.

1 · Hear it

Listen twice: once alone, once with the band. The second one is how you'll actually hear it in songs.

2 · What it actually is

Synthesised percussion — a short tone plus a burst of noise.

Its job

Gives beats a clean, machine-tight character.

Listen for

Too perfect. No variation between hits.

You've heard it in: Electro, techno, 80s pop.