What is left to be said about these two iconic Japanese companies that you don’t already know. Year after year their achievements and innovations have lead the market in new directions, both leaders in their respective fields. When the world’s leading drum company spends five long years working hand in hand with the music industry’s leading electronics company, great things are bound to happen. Please welcome e/MERGE, an all new e-drumming experience like never before.
e/MERGE is about change, and change in the e-drum market has been way overdue. When we looked closely at every aspect of the current e-drumming experience with KORG, together we knew we could make a dramatic difference. And that difference begins with the all new e/MERGE module.
Simple yet elegant in design, the e/MERGE MDL1 module features a full library of high definition, natural, organic and minimally processed acoustic Pearl drums. We then added the very best electronic, world, orchestral and specialty percussion sounds from KORG’s vast library of pristine quality samples. But, the module is only part of the change.
There are three key elements that separate e/MERGE from anything that has come before. The all new MDL1 e/MERGE Module, KORG’s amazing Wave Trigger Technology and Pearl’s acoustic-like PUREtouch Electronic Pads all combine to create an exceptional e-drumming experience.
Developed in collaboration with Korg
Pearl e/Merge MDL-1 sound module
700 Sounds
35 Preset kits
36 Effects
Metronome (30 - 300bpm)
Song recording (up to 12 hours)
Multipin plug (trigger in) for included pads
3x 6.3 mm jack trigger inputs for additional pads
2x 6.3 mm jack main outputs
8x 6.3mm jack direct outputs
6.3 mm jack headphone output
3.5 mm stereo jack Aux-In
MIDI out
USB to PC (USB audio and MIDI)
USB input for USB sticks
Drum set samples recorded in one of the most prestigious studios in Nashville, Tennessee
Percussion and electronic sounds by Korg
Wave Trigger Technology enables latency-free sound generation, as well as adapting the sounds according to playing style
PUREtouch pad system creates a very realistic feeling with special 6-layer mesh heads for snare and toms and a special rubber compound for cymbal pads
Two separate rim triggers on the snare drum pad make it easy to play rim shots and rim clicks
Ambience slider completes drum set samples with room microphones of studio recordings
Cabling and power supply included
Set configuration:
1x Three-zone 14" snare drum pad
1x Two-zone 10" tom pad
1x Two-zone 12" tom pad
1x Two-zone 14" tom pad
1x Bass Drum Pad
1x 2-zone 14" hi-hat pair
1x Two-zone 15" crash pad including stop function
1x Three-zone 18" ride pad including stop function
Hardware comprises: