Yamaha EAD
A stereo mic and a kick trigger on one hoop-mounted bar, turning any acoustic kit into a recording rig. The EAD10, EAD20 and EAD50.
An EAD does something no other module does. It clips to your bass drum hoop, listens to the whole acoustic kit through a stereo mic pair, adds a trigger for the kick, and hands you a mixed, effected, recordable stereo signal out of one box. No mic locker, no interface, no rethinking your kit.
There are three of them now: the EAD10 that started it in 2017 and is still the cheapest way in, the EAD20 that brought the flagship's SWX100 sound engine and multitrack USB down to a mid-tier price, and the EAD50 on top with five mic inputs for drummers who need to plug other things in. Everything we have written on the range is below, along with every EAD documented in the Rig Vault — El Estepario Siberiano and ZackGrooves both built channels on one — plus reader reviews and regional buy links.
Yamaha EAD in the Rig Vault
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