Roland V-Drums

The striking surface is a two-layer taut woven mesh of fibers fitted with several electronic sensors.

This allows the mesh-head trigger to respond to the play of a drumstick in a manner that feels more like real drums than their earlier rubber predecessors.

Roland developers have stated that the design of the mesh-head V-Pad was inspired in part by a small toy trampoline.

[2] In 1997, Roland developed and patented an updated version of mesh-head drum triggers, a key feature of the V-Drums line.

The company began marketing the mesh-head triggers under the "V-Drums" name in 1997, in conjunction with the TD-10 drum module.

[1] Mesh heads used in V-Drums kits today are made by the American drumhead company Remo.

The simpler, less expensive solution uses a simple fixed V-Cymbal pad in combination with a separate foot pedal controller, which allows the drum module to replicate the sound of a hi-hat, but does not emulate the feel and scope of expressiveness of acoustic hi-hats.

The more expensive V-Hi-Hats integrate trigger pad and controller into a set of two opposing pieces, designed to be mounted on a conventional hi-hat stand.