On Tue, 17 May 2011 10:41:57 +0200
Svend-Erik K Madsen<sv-e(a)sv-e.dk> wrote:
Hi list
Anyone who has build drum triggers themselves ?
I just ordered some piezo transducers to build my own triggers, but
your experiences is most welcome regarding material used to
encapsulate transducers, rubber, foam rubber, how thick the size,
and so on.
I planned to build it up on some angel bracket inside the drum
shell and mount it on a lug screw so that the trigger will be
placed underneath the drumhead near the rim, don't know if thats
good or bad, and if a rim shoot would trigger too, of cause I
don't want that to happen on my snare, for which I plan to build a
separate rim shoot trigger too.
Hope someone will share their experiences :)
/Sv-e
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Hi, there is this open source project called megadrum
http://www.megadrum.info/
which gives you schematics and instructions to build a drum machine,
i.e. something you feed triggers into and which outputs MIDI. You
can even order kits or preassembled units.
I know it's not exactly what you were asking for but since Arduino
came in the discussion (which would, I suppose, have the same role
as the megadrum in such a project) you might want to look into it.
I'm definitely no expert but I think making the megadrum, although
more laborious, would have it's advantages over using an arduino.
Well, actually I even tried building such a thing with arduino some
time ago, and certainly I can tell you that it's not that easy to
accurately detect how hard you hit the piezo; the megadrum
supposedly does this good. Also the megadrum seems to have quite a
community.
Maybe on the site you can even find some info on
building/clamping/placing your own triggers.
BTW there's a similar project called edrum
http://www.edrum.info/
I wouldn't be able to tell you the differences though
HTH
renato
I think it looks exciting and lots of fun.