Drum Pads for the homemade drum synth

I finished these "drum pads" quite some time ago...never did do an update.
This is the Thomas Henry designed Quad Bass++ drum voice board and some "Leapfrog Alphabet Drums" I hacked to use as drum pads.
I'm no drummer - this Vid will prove that.
I can blame the short wooden dowels that I stuck a grommet on the end for sticks....Which is the only reason I dare show this in public. "I was the aweful sticks maaaan!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Synth
• Lunetta
• Drumpads
• DIY
• SDIY
• QuadBass++
• Thomas
• Henry

[mouldeck]

these drum pads are pretty f*cking amazing!!!

did you make them yourself?

[bchris1776]

@mouldeck I built the drum synth - and 'hacked' the drum pads :) The toy drums already had the LED's mounted under the heads and a piezo element for the trigger. I just brought the trigger out to a jack and provided a way to mute the audio of the toy drum.

Glad you liked it! It's a bit odd - but I enjoy showing them to people :)

[mouldeck]

@bchris1776 oh ok, so you didn't program the LED animations then.

what drum toys are they? if i need a trigger someday, i definitely want one like these!!

[bchris1776]

@mouldeck "Leapfrog Alphabet Drums"

I got the first one at a garage sale for $2.00 - had to e-bay to get the other three.

[rhoggard76]

the real gem here is the Quad Bass ++ ... at first glance i wanted 2x PCB !!!

[VJFranzK]

Terrific combination here ;-)

[mouldeck]

@bchris1776 cool, thanks a lot!! i'll try to look for one of them when the time has come! :)

[mouldeck]

@bchris1776 cool, thanks a lot!! i'll try to look for them when the time has come! :)