"I've always been interested in using electronics in my acoustic drumkits and like for most drummers it started with simply triggering some samples and sound fxs, but I always wanted to do something more complex and tried to take full control of electronics without sacrificing my musical freedom and spontaneity, so I wanted a setup where I could interactively communicate with the sequencer while playing the drums."

"Drummers are the first ones to be told by their band leaders before going to the studio that "you don't need to come and play, we'll manage with a groove library" and this is exactly why drummers should be aware of all the technologies which other musicians use for drums and maybe even strike back and take electronic drumming to a further level and do some of the things which are normally done by other band members or even DJs."

"By my view there are two crucial differences to other instrumentalists and DJs. One is that while playing the drumkit we're like Captain Hook or Edward Scissorhands and have no free fingers to type on a computer keyboard or touch some delicate knobs and faders (...), so our only way to communicate with the outside world is to hit things with a drumstick, which is not really welcomed by most objects."

"The other difference between us and other instrumentalists is that drumming is about "NOW". We're certainly not like DJs who can peacefully listen to what's coming next, then check their emails or play some computer games while waiting for the changes to become audible to the audience. We expect instant response to whatever we do on the drumkit and most software are not designed like that so that was our biggest challenge while creating this setup." Endre-eNerd