Bang a Drum

Young would-be drummers have always had specially deadened "practice pads" to paradiddle upon to their hearts' content without causing near the racket of a real set of drums, but even practice pads cause enough thumpa thumpa noise to disturb the rest of the household. So Roland came up with a cool new electronic practice pad for beginning drummers called the RMP-1 that lets them practice in near total silence. Integrated metronome with voice count and other features help develop timing, speed, and endurance. $249. www.roland.com