About

A2E stands for Acoustic-to-Electric and refers to the process where an acoustic instrument is modified to include electronic components. This allows a computer to interpret the performance characteristics and generate a sound. A2E Drums aims to build a drum that leverages all the benefits gained by electronic triggering, without sacrificing the creative aesthetic of an acoustic drum kit.

A2E Drums was founded in 2021 with the mission of creating the ultimate percussion experience by bridging the gap between acoustic and electric percussive instruments. Since the dawn of the electronic drumming era, drum kit components and configurations have diverged drastically from their acoustic fore-bearer. This can be a good thing when it enhances creativity, but it can also be a bad thing when it hurts creativity by limiting the ability to perform techniques that have been developed on the acoustic form factor. Our goal is create electronic percussion components which closely mimic their acoustic counterpart.