My own (DIY) build electronic drum (sensitivity test)

[whvaugn]

@JohnMalcolm- This design looks every much like what companies such as pintech use on they're products. Edrums are basically a Piezo (or two) mounted somehow beneath the drum head (be it mesh or mylar or even silicone)- so, these should do just fine in a loud environment- less prone to false trigger then the use of external trigger on real mylar heads.

[MrLewiisV2]

Hahaa nice drum stool lol

[ditoarch06]

do wee need to map the different sound if we hit the kit hard or soft?

[VaadRock]

What kind of sensors you used this kit?

[RETARDIRANY]

u've put sensors to inner side of batter head, right?

[alwerks1]

Fascintating! I myself have a similar project pending. When I saw your description regarding sensitivity dynamics, It brought to mind the problem I've been working on. I have the Alesis HR-16 and I have opened it to discover that the pad velocity must be determined by those flat little thingies found in digital wrist watches. The sound made by striking the pads is converted to a voltage input that triggers the volume of the pads. You Rock!  Let's Talk!

[75Tatanka]

sooo u just checkin' the sensitivity right????..i found some of your patterns....extremely interesting!!!!! thanks

[JohnMalcolm]

I would bet that in a loud live gig situation you would get a lot of false triggering and cross-talk with this set-up. The drums would pick up loud acoustic sounds even when not struck. For recording with headphones it would be fine,

[guitars357]

@JohnMalcolm yeah, for gigs my drummer just uses regular mics and everyone just keeps their amps away from him :P

[brandon9271]

Id love to see a video of what the heads sound like without the module turned on. See how quiet they are.

[DjFille]

it's a little bit like like the sound of a badmintonracket ;-)

[ldarktemplarl]

how is the alesis d4

[FUTTAHSIKK]

quality stuff

espe4cially great for triggering midi because its super inexpensive usually

[simo289]

this is awsome!!!

i do have a question though. why did you build this, sems to me you have a pretty decent acoustic kit there why put the triggers on?

i dont want to detrac t from anything you've done just wondering

[Benjaminatorable]

He built this from retired marching band snares, practice cymbals, and Metabo polishing backing pads, muffle heads, etc.

This is one of the best sounding sets I've heard on youtube. He even has a separate piezo in the rim of at least the snare for rim shots.

[Wilfie321]

Great!

Now all you have to do is build yourself a drum throne!

Nice vid

[EgyPeti]

Really nice man how did you do these triggers ?

[xhaylowx]

Peizo.

[FUTTAHSIKK]

google diy edrums! theyre made from piezo transducers (not as crazy as tghey sound) like mini microphones

[oOoOViperOoOo]

Awsome :) well done dude! DIY FTW!

[JumpingMichael]

heey wat voor een cymbals gebruik jij?

[ekjae]

i dont think you guys understand what he did

he uses a roland drum brain.. so they will sound just as good as the rolands.. only he put the piezo's onto real drums instead of plastic and rubber pads

so its an acoustic set wired with electric guts. very sweet idea, however not fully understood by most people..

[Beautyofmachines]

Its really not too hard to do this. I'm in the midst of an edrum build myself (just bought a TD-12 module) and its far simpler than most people think. Its amazing to see really how much those pintech and roland mesh pads and stuff go for when you can do it yourself :0\

[terkan3]

Well you can read sometimes what people have in their video info. He use alesis dm4, and I think it sound pretty close to roland.

[sammarshalluk]

It also says that he uses groove agent. I.e. he isn't using the D4's factory sounds but instead using it to send the triggers as midi notes to groove agent and using groove agents sounds, Not the D4 module sounds. Thats why he has such good sounds (they arn't the D4 ones).

[faszika]

congrats

[frais]

great chair!

[stuffandotherthings]

oh my GOD they sound SO good. I would suffice to say these are as good as what roland puts out. I'm going to launch such a project shortly, and with any luck, I should be able to build a set with 2 snares, 4 or 5 toms, and 3 or 4 cymbals, (ride, 2 crash, splash) and I'm definitely going to implement your 2 trigger idea. How much did the set cost you total to build?

[theputoisblagueur]

man the way you managed to make 2 zones cymabals is great. I was looking for that, and i'll probably be doing the same. Thanks !