ABSTRACT
Electronic percussion instruments dier from their acoustic counterparts in that sound is ultimately produced by passing organized electrical current through an amplication system, rather than a portion of the instrument actually vibrating the surrounding air. While the earliest electronic musical instruments date back to the 1880s, the rst electronic percussion instruments were introduced in the mid-1970s with the release of the Syndrum and the Synare. ese two devices were natural extensions of the increasing popularity of modular, analog synthesizers of the time, such as those made by Moog, Buchla, ARP, and others. Both instruments produced a distinctive falling sound that became a trademark of the early disco music style. By 1982 complete electronic drum kits were available. ese consisted of multiple pads integrated into a single conguration that emulated the traditional drum kit setup.
