There hasn’t been a product that is as intriguing and as mystical as the Yamaha EAD10 in quite a while. The EAD10 came out at NAMM 2018 and the product had been building awareness prior to the Covid lockdown. The EAD’s release seemed to be very timely, because of it’s ability to record drums easily for streaming on-line. But in the years since its release, audiences have been discovering many other uses for this wonderful little tool: Teaching, long distance musical collaboration, content creating for social media, recording, live monitoring, and live miking in clubs. Modern Drummer wanted to get to the bottom of this mysterious little tool and see what exactly it was initially intended to do, and what else people are using it for. We sat down with Yamaha product manager and drummer Matt Rudin and drummer Charles Ruggiero to talk about the EAD10. Charles is an LA […]

August 2024 Issue