Lads, if you need some new ddrum triggers for the future, buy them NOW!!!
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Ddrum RIP?
It looks like the electronic drum world has claimed its first victim. On the 29th January, Swedish parent company Clavia sold Ddrum to its American distributors Armadillo Enterprises for an undisclosed sum. This followed various production problems to do with outsourcing production and Clavia have said they want to concentrate on their synth products.
Armadillo have said that they are working on a new kit (and I am guessing that all current kit models are ceasing) but that they intend to continue with the Ddrum triggers (cue cheers of relief from drummers all over the world).
Now you might be asking why this is important. Many people havent taken Ddrum as a serious contender in the electronic drum market, but without them, the whole market would have been very different. Ddrum were years ahead of their time for a period of some 15 years and really deserve a lot of credit for most of the ideas that we take for granted in our kits.
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So, with new owners for ddrum, we will look and see what happens but an era has definitely passed. Will the new owners try and compete with the new breed of kits? Will the brand disappear from view? Will a new name appear from the US and corner the market? Who knows? It should be interesting.
John Williams
March 2005
Read this:
http://www.mikedolbear.co.uk/story.asp?StoryID=886
or here is the shorten text file with the important things:
Ddrum RIP?
It looks like the electronic drum world has claimed its first victim. On the 29th January, Swedish parent company Clavia sold Ddrum to its American distributors Armadillo Enterprises for an undisclosed sum. This followed various production problems to do with outsourcing production and Clavia have said they want to concentrate on their synth products.
Armadillo have said that they are working on a new kit (and I am guessing that all current kit models are ceasing) but that they intend to continue with the Ddrum triggers (cue cheers of relief from drummers all over the world).
Now you might be asking why this is important. Many people havent taken Ddrum as a serious contender in the electronic drum market, but without them, the whole market would have been very different. Ddrum were years ahead of their time for a period of some 15 years and really deserve a lot of credit for most of the ideas that we take for granted in our kits.
................
So, with new owners for ddrum, we will look and see what happens but an era has definitely passed. Will the new owners try and compete with the new breed of kits? Will the brand disappear from view? Will a new name appear from the US and corner the market? Who knows? It should be interesting.
John Williams
March 2005
