[LAU] Off topic: building drum triggers for acoustic drums !

[Svend-Erik K Madsen]

Den 17-05-2011 15:18, andy baxter skrev:
> On 17/05/11 09:41, Svend-Erik K Madsen 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 :)
>
> Cedric Roux has already pasted the link, but I've done some stuff like 
> this - I built a midi drum trigger that is capable of telling where 
> you've hit it as well as how hard, so you can morph the sound between 
> different spots on the pad. This uses 4 piezo sensors on an aluminium 
> sheet. All the details of how I built it and the software to drive it 
> are here:
>
> http://highfellow.org/synpad/  (N.B. that this is my new domain - 
> ganglion.me still points there but won't do forever)
>
> If you have any questions, just ask.
>
> andy baxter
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Hi
Thanks a lot, I'm looking at it, but actually I'm aiming for building a 
trigger like the one's you can by at DDrum ect. and the trigger should 
fit in at an acoustic drum without braking anything. I plan to use an 
ordinary drum brain like Hydrogen and a midi trigger io.

/Sv-e