DIY Drums - Carry On Wayward Son - Rock Band 2 - 5 Star

[MrCheese241]

I'm making these, how many layers of screen did you use for the heads?

[dagware]

Two layers.

[MrCheese241]

@dagware Thanks, I'll post a video when they're done.

[steinable]

nicely done; but what a horrible cover XD

[KingTaargusVII]

@steinable That's the original.. Or a remaster. Either way, it's Kansas.

[lacimia96]

hi laciana

[Bervick]

Now isn't the song ironic, considering the path you've tread, huh ? :-)

[howycwap]

DAGWARE question!

how do you get the piezos to not break alot/mine keep...dieing easily. i put glue on them then suddenly they lose craploads of sensitivity. whats the problem?

[dagware]

If you need glue to hold them in place, something's wrong. You should have a piece of foam - the kind that is pretty stiff but still a little spongy - wedged between the screen mesh and the transducer. This will hold it in place (as well as transmit the stick hits), along with a little double-sided tape on the bottom of the transducer to keep it from slipping.

[PaniikkiSotilas]

wish i'm in the shape of playing rock band with drums when i get to that age :(

nice video!

[TheCourtofaPorcupine]

You sir are amazing....

[druGOREredeemer]

learn how to hold sticks!

[TailosThe3]

NICE MAN!

[zleepyjan]

nice custom on the module! :D

[familydude99]

i cant get over on how ridiculous that looks

[dagware]

You can hit them anywhere, sometimes even on the rims, and they register. I don't have cross-talk issues, because I've programmed my drum module to deal with that. I set the mesh head tension based on how much rebound I want - I don't have to worry if they will register or not. Make sure you buy a handful of extra sensors (at $2 a pop, they're not expensive), because they wear out after a while.

[PhD05]

this is awesome mate - your blog is very detailed . Im looking at making these as well. How would you rate the sensitivity of them? can you pretty much hit anywhere on the mesh and have it register? is it related to how taught the mesh is? do you get any cross talk at all/dropped notes? i just have to hire a router and jig and im set to go also.. i hope to post my own blog about how i built it /pictures etc too. But ill be making my drums a bit smaller so to fit on the stock kit base with struts

[jjis2fast4u]

nice man Hey where did you get the silencers or pads there sick...i want to modd my drums because they go old and boring...

[dagware]

I built the drums by hand.

[dagware]

FYI, to see how I built them, click on my user name and follow the link to the blog I wrote about it (the "website" link). (You can't post links in comments, or I would post it here.)

[jjis2fast4u]

thanks

[SkateKid00009]

how old are u?

[dagware]

52, believe it or not. But I'm young at heart. ;p

[SkateKid00009]

nice job man i can tell. keep on making videos your awesome !

[fattyJNL]

You look WAY younger! :D

[dagware]

LOL. I feel younger, too! Although I still wonder who this old person in the mirror is...

[fattyJNL]

It's the shell that aged too fast.

[w1104717]

damn dude your drumset is sick.

[stroke12]

awesome set :)

[benzeeno]

Not in to the whole RB thing but came across your video. I really like that song and you nailed it. Very nice. Cool DIY drums looks like it took some time to build.

[givemethelotion]

what cymbals?

[dagware]

The cymbals are Alesis cymbals. When I bought the DM5 module, the store only had the "kit" which came with (among other things) some crappy pads, and 2 cymbals. The guy at the store sold the kit to me for $50 more than the DM5 alone, so I thought it was a good deal. I ended up using those cymbals. They work OK. They're single-zone, but that doesn't matter much for playing RB.

[givemethelotion]

yes, i know about the dm5 cymbals, bubt i just didnt think they could move so freelt about

[st4nd4u]

awesome setup man.

[dagware]

Son of a... I finally got my comment to post. It turns out that I had a URL in the comment, and although it said it posted the comment, it actually was rejecting it. I discovered this after searching for what seemed like days and days.

[alexzeegreat]

are you playing on the pc version i don't understand probably because i don't have a ps3 only ps2.what i do have is a dm5pro kit....

would a midi out cable soldered to a regular ps2 controller work?...

are your drum shells made of pipes or buckets? all i see is red plastic that says ACE

[dagware]

Yes, the drum shells are the top portion of plastic buckets. You can see it at my blog - click "More Info"in the comments to this video.

Seth's adapter, which I mentioned in a previous post, works with the PS2 - at least it did, and I think it still does. It requires no soldering or anything. Just plug your MIDI cable into it, and use a USB cable to plug it into your PS2. Email him and ask him about it.

[3N3MYBOATSPOTTED]

that drum set is epic

[Silushun]

Dam it, why does microsoft suck so bad. These drums look teh sex!

I would so use them if they would work on the Xbox 360. Great job dude :)

[dagware]

No, sorry. But you can buy the PS3/Wii MIDI-to-USB adapter from Seth at "rbusbadapter at gmail -dot- com". Sorry, no 360 version - Microsoft encrypts the controller signals so he couldn't reverse engineer the 360.

[markk124]

can u buy this?

[dagware]

I've always done things "a tad bit odd", so that's no surprise! ;p

[DArK5taTiC]

sweet set up, im not a drummer so the set up looks a tad bit odd to me lol, but great job..