Zendrum Mapping & Playing Techniques

Explanation of my Zendrum LT mapping and the techniques I use to play the Zendrum. I also talk briefly about Addictive Drums, which is what I used as sound module in this video.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Zendrum
• LT
• drumming
• drums
• drummer
• beats
• playing
• Addictive
• Drums

[WARR138]

You should try using an expression pedal to control a variable hi-hat. This would free up a bunch of pads and at the same time give you a more realistic feel for your hat playing. I use BFD and the realism is fantastic.

[LunatiqueSF]

@WARR138

I actually do have a Roland FD-8 hi-hat pedal, but I don't really enjoy using it that much. Somehow putting the closed, open, closed bell, and open bell in separate triggers feels better to me, but it does use up more triggers. Also, while using a pedal sounds more realistic, it's also a bit sloppier for the kind of clean playing I can get using separate triggers for articulations.

[realisticspeakers]

do you program it manually or use mokugyo or something else?

[LunatiqueSF]

@realisticspeakers

Do you mean the mapping? The Zendrum allows you to remap each trigger manually from the hardware unit itself, and they're now working on some kind of software interface that allows extensive remapping via software (probably similar to what Addictive Drums did for their version 1.5 implementation of keymapping).

[takimeta]

Dude, Rob... your voice sounds slightly higher pitched than I remember it... I'm assuming the video's compression had something to do with it? but it's awesome hearing yer voice after so many years, bro. :)

//tomasi

[Supermassively]

@LunatiqueSF Yeah, my dad wrote all the firmware and software for the latest version. Hope you enjoy it. It was a rigorous year-long project for him.

[jefforysanders]

awesome video. you're great with your hands/fingers style. i use a zendrum laptop, too. crazy i set mine up symmetrically in a similar fashion. i play mine backwards so to speak with the edge pads towards me. thanks for the share you rock :)

[WARR138]

I hear you about the sloppiness. It takes a great deal of fine tuning. I map a shank hit to one pad and a tip hit to another pad and the pedal will open and close either sample set over the range of the expression pedal. I can't get the open hat to close fast enough sometimes without hitting a pedal close trigger note.

[EdwardLDavies]

Whoa... That was pure therapy to watch...

[JKorhonen]

Awesomeness maximus