No you can't. Synthesizers generally don't have 1/4 drum trigger inputs. Instead they have MIDI inputs. So you need the DM5 (or an arduino board as I mentioned below) to translate the trigger signals to midi which can then be sent to the synth. This is why it gets so expensive.
Yeah it's not cheap. There may be a cheaper way with fsr's and an arduino box, but it takes more technical know-how. Do a search for beat sneaks and you'll see what I mean.
thank you very much for doing this video!
I've been looking how to do this kind of board so long...
I'm from Brazil.
I'm going to NY in July and I'm planning to buy the materials to do the board there.
can you please write to me the name of the materials?
it's a bit hard to understand from the video...
thank you!
gabriela.
gabrielacasan 9 months ago
@gabrielacasan Alesis DM5 drum module, pintech drum trigger, 1/4 guitar cable to connect them. You can get them used for cheaper on ebay.
Rod
musictaps 9 months ago
Can you also connect the drum trigger directly to the synthesizer?
NanesStepvisite 2 years ago
No you can't. Synthesizers generally don't have 1/4 drum trigger inputs. Instead they have MIDI inputs. So you need the DM5 (or an arduino board as I mentioned below) to translate the trigger signals to midi which can then be sent to the synth. This is why it gets so expensive.
Rod
musictaps 2 years ago
i always ask me how to make this eletronic tap board, nice , now to found money to make it xD
kvzon887 2 years ago
Yeah it's not cheap. There may be a cheaper way with fsr's and an arduino box, but it takes more technical know-how. Do a search for beat sneaks and you'll see what I mean.
Rod
musictaps 2 years ago