Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

[dominus]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

What's your go-to "getting started" drum sound? Is it a standard one from the Alesis, or did you load in samples?

The Alesis Trigger I/O is just an audio to MIDI converter, it doesn't have built in sounds. I sold the Alesis DM10 module when I got the drum kit. (Sold the surge cymbals too, so I actually paid nothing for the rack and toms/snare. The cymbals I'm using now were *very* cheap, and I figured out a really cheap way to build the sensors and dampen the cymbals.) I've got another module on the way (paid $60 for this one) that I'll be using the same way so I'll have 28 mono inputs total, should give me plenty of room.

I've been really liking the Metal Machinery expansion from Toontrack's Superior Drummer.

[AmirH]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

Wow -- I should tell my cousin about this. I bet the feel of those cymbals is way better than a typical electronic cymbal. How loud are they with the dampers? Apartment playable? Love the ingenuity!

[dominus]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

Wow -- I should tell my cousin about this. I bet the feel of those cymbals is way better than a typical electronic cymbal. How loud are they with the dampers? Apartment playable? Love the ingenuity!

Take a cymbal, place it on thick carpet. Hit it with a stick. That's about how loud it is. There's a definite "tunk" sound, but it's probably just as loud as a rubber covered plastic one. The bounce back is WAY different too.

[everdrone]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

thats sick! I ve been wanting to do that. fun stuff

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

Very, very cool!

How did you dampen the cymbals? Do you have any photos of that? How do they sound in-room when dampened?

[dominus]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

Very, very cool!

How did you dampen the cymbals? Do you have any photos of that? How do they sound in-room when dampened?

I used some thick rubberized tape which is used for duct work, chimneys, and underground pipes.

I'm going to try to put up a video later this week. I plan on showing how they react to playing with samples, and at one point I'll turn down the Monitor Station to show how much acoustic noise there is. Hoping to have that new module in soon, I wired this up over the weekend and I think *two* of the inputs on my Trigger IO are dead.

[AmirH]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

Take a cymbal, place it on thick carpet. Hit it with a stick. That's about how loud it is. There's a definite "tunk" sound, but it's probably just as loud as a rubber covered plastic one. The bounce back is WAY different too.

Cool. Can't wait for the video!

[dominus]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

Haven't gotten around to getting a video done but I picked up a second Trigger I/O. For the next few days I'll be wiring this up and programming the Trigger I/O's inputs, lots of fun. I picked up a second Alesis kit and cannibalized parts of the rack and some toms, so I have a few 8" and 10" toms and 12" snare and 12" floor tom. Built a few more cymbals and squeezed them in wherever I could, and added a second bass drum and single pedal. Need to get some cable ties soon.

[everdrone]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

thats sick! nothing exceeds like excess

[dominus]

Re: Finally got around to setting up my E-Drum Kit

Also figured out what was going on with the first Trigger I/O as I was sitting down to remap it. The last two inputs were duplicating the first one. Just had to change them, so I think that will fix it. Now I have to remap a few other inputs so I've got 40 different notes over both units.