DrumOn

If you enjoy playing the drums and haven't yet got your own set, then a virtual one might calm down your yearning, at least temporarily. DrumOn is a lightweight application that enables you to freely play the drums using your computer's keyboard.

Once installed on your computer, DrumOn displays a simple window where a classic drum set is displayed. You will notice that the name of two or more keyboard buttons are written on top of each drum component. Evidently, to obtain a particular sound, you must push the corresponding letter or symbol on your PC's keyboard. Sadly, hitting too many keys at the same time might not get you the result you want, so the playing is not as smooth as in real life. Moreover, the way keys are assigned to drums is not the most fortunate one.

Things are really simple with DrumOn. If you look in the application's installation folder, you will see a folder containing all the available drum sounds. On the downside, it's not possible to customize the sound files from within the application.

Although the experience is far from being the same as when hitting the drums with the drumstick, DrumOn is fun to try out. However, it would be nice to have a list of predefined songs to experience with and a way to customize the keyboard - drum associations.