I’m playing Aerodrums since 2015. In the beginning I just wanted to know if this could be used as a practice instrument for learning drum technique for somebody who cannot play drums at home. But today I’m using it for nearly all my musical activities: homework, all my rehearsals with several groups and even occasional gigs. The first thing I like is that I can take MY drum set everywhere I want without needing a car. I’ve found some techniques for developing an artificial rebound and I’m showing one of them in my UA-cam channel. My kick doubles I’m doing like you are showing and, generally speaking, I found it’s a good muscle builder to play without a pedal. But I highly command using some EVA Foam Interlocking Tiles under your feet. This gives some sort of rebound and protect your knees. I’m using a double layer of this and take it everywhere. Now what you encounter with your 6 stroke roll was also driving me crazy in the beginning, up to I found out what's happening. It comes from the fact how Aerodrums works. In opposite of any other electronic drumming system, Aerodrums doesn’t detect how hard (or soft) you’re hitting. Instead it calculates dynamic response by measuring the speed of your strokes. And this works (normally) very well. But in your case Aerodrums detects your fast movement going from the tom (wrist angle ~45°) to the snare (wrist angle ~0°) and can interpret this movement itself as a stroke. For that the first stroke of your doubles with the left hand sounds too loud, even if you’ve hit softly. It’s the fast displacement before that makes it too loud. What I’ve found is that when I keep the same angle with my wrist (~0°) for tom and snare this works much better.
@@Vetea19 Hello, yes, 9 years (I'm wondering this myself) and I've never regretted it. First, the noticeable latency is equal to zero. You can play really fast things. If you don't know him, search for “YoYo Funk by Gergő Borlai on Aerodrums” (the 3:57 minute version) Check out his striking technique and how he holds his sticks. I've tried different techniques over the last 9 years, but I think his one is the most efficient and joint-friendly technique for air drumming and gives even some sort of rebound. Then you talked about drifting, so I assume you've encountered drifting somewhere. Maybe in a cardboard VR game, or you may have heard about drift problems with simultaneous devices like Pocketdrum, Hyperdrum or Freedrum. These devices, like smartphones, are all based on MEMS sensors (gyroscope/accelerometer chips) and ALL suffer (more or less) from drift. Not so with Aerodrums. Aerodrums uses optical motion capture with passive markers, a technique typically used for special effects in film productions. There is no drifting at all. If you don't touch the camera and don't move your seat, you can play for hours (I just finished a nearly two and a half hour gig) without recalibrating anything. By the way, Aerodrums2 will be released soon. Since I was one of the first backers of their Kickstarter project last year, I'm expecting mine in August. It will be an autonomous device (operating without a computer) based on infrared technology and much less sensitive to ambient light.
@@aerodrummeur Thank you for all these informations. Yes I saw the version 2 which is interesting. I intend to purchase the 1st version to learn drums in every place without making any noise. The intersting thing you wrote is about no drifting at all. Thank you
Excellent review man.. Aerodrums 1 is an amazing solution if you struggle with noise/space issues… and totally agree it can help improve technique when you come to play on a ‘real’ kit.. I think Aerodrums 2 will be incredible 😮.. I don’t work for Aerodrums, I bought mine about 8 years ago and been a fan ever since 👍😎
Thank you for your excellent and very helpful deep dive review! I was close to buying this product to learn from scratch, but just for fun, nothing serious. I like pretend-drumming in the air when I’m enjoying certain music, so I thought this might be even more fun. Given that I’m not planning to be a serious drummer, but rather, to get some audio feedback for my fooling around pretend drumming, would that be OK or would I be doing myself a disservice?
Hey Paul thanks for your comment. I don't think you would be doing yourself a disservice especially if you're just trying to have some fun with it. I do think you should think about it and determine if you actually want to be able to play though and either go all in or don't. I think a lot of people say "I'm not serious about it" as a defense mechanism because they're afraid they won't be any good at it, when in reality no one is good at it when they first start out lol. If you do decide to purchase it be sure to use my link. I would greatly appreciate it!
@@AdamZDrumming Hey Adam, nice to hear back from you so soon. Thank you, you’ve given me much to think about. Ironically, in my case I’m not worried about whether or not I’m any good at it to start with. I play piano at an OK level and I’ve developed a reasonable sense of timing over the years. I’m in my mid 50s now with family responsibilities, so any musical activities will be just for fun and decompressing after work. Really appreciate where you’re coming from though. If I could wind back the clock I’d definitely love to go all in seriously. Or I can keep that in mind for retirement! I’ll be glad to use your link if I end up purchasing. Thanks again, Adam.
@@PaulJRBarnett I think the only disservice you might be doing for yourself is not giving this the level of effort it deserves. There are plenty of guys who I teach who are family men and still make time for it. It's easy in the beginning to pick up a lot of bad habits teaching yourself and playing music is much more enjoyable when you have some level of skill. This doesn't mean you have to shirk your family or responsibilities, but I would give it some more attention than the you're talking about it. Just something to think about.
If you want to purchase aerodrums use this link:
www.gear.adamzdrumming.com/aerodrums
I’m playing Aerodrums since 2015. In the beginning I just wanted to know if this could be used as a practice instrument for learning drum technique for somebody who cannot play drums at home. But today I’m using it for nearly all my musical activities: homework, all my rehearsals with several groups and even occasional gigs. The first thing I like is that I can take MY drum set everywhere I want without needing a car.
I’ve found some techniques for developing an artificial rebound and I’m showing one of them in my UA-cam channel.
My kick doubles I’m doing like you are showing and, generally speaking, I found it’s a good muscle builder to play without a pedal. But I highly command using some EVA Foam Interlocking Tiles under your feet. This gives some sort of rebound and protect your knees. I’m using a double layer of this and take it everywhere.
Now what you encounter with your 6 stroke roll was also driving me crazy in the beginning, up to I found out what's happening. It comes from the fact how Aerodrums works. In opposite of any other electronic drumming system, Aerodrums doesn’t detect how hard (or soft) you’re hitting. Instead it calculates dynamic response by measuring the speed of your strokes. And this works (normally) very well.
But in your case Aerodrums detects your fast movement going from the tom (wrist angle ~45°) to the snare (wrist angle ~0°) and can interpret this movement itself as a stroke. For that the first stroke of your doubles with the left hand sounds too loud, even if you’ve hit softly. It’s the fast displacement before that makes it too loud.
What I’ve found is that when I keep the same angle with my wrist (~0°) for tom and snare this works much better.
Thanks for your comment man. I'll have to give that a try with my wrist angle next time and see how it goes.
Hello, nearly for 10 years. Did you encounter some problems like latency, drums drifting etc ? Thank you
@@Vetea19 Hello, yes, 9 years (I'm wondering this myself) and I've never regretted it.
First, the noticeable latency is equal to zero. You can play really fast things. If you don't know him, search for “YoYo Funk by Gergő Borlai on Aerodrums” (the 3:57 minute version)
Check out his striking technique and how he holds his sticks. I've tried different techniques over the last 9 years, but I think his one is the most efficient and joint-friendly technique for air drumming and gives even some sort of rebound.
Then you talked about drifting, so I assume you've encountered drifting somewhere. Maybe in a cardboard VR game, or you may have heard about drift problems with simultaneous devices like Pocketdrum, Hyperdrum or Freedrum. These devices, like smartphones, are all based on MEMS sensors (gyroscope/accelerometer chips) and ALL suffer (more or less) from drift.
Not so with Aerodrums. Aerodrums uses optical motion capture with passive markers, a technique typically used for special effects in film productions.
There is no drifting at all. If you don't touch the camera and don't move your seat, you can play for hours (I just finished a nearly two and a half hour gig) without recalibrating anything.
By the way, Aerodrums2 will be released soon. Since I was one of the first backers of their Kickstarter project last year, I'm expecting mine in August. It will be an autonomous device (operating without a computer) based on infrared technology and much less sensitive to ambient light.
@@aerodrummeur Tnank you very much for all these helpful informations
@@aerodrummeur Thank you for all these informations. Yes I saw the version 2 which is interesting. I intend to purchase the 1st version to learn drums in every place without making any noise. The intersting thing you wrote is about no drifting at all. Thank you
Excellent review man.. Aerodrums 1 is an amazing solution if you struggle with noise/space issues… and totally agree it can help improve technique when you come to play on a ‘real’ kit.. I think Aerodrums 2 will be incredible 😮.. I don’t work for Aerodrums, I bought mine about 8 years ago and been a fan ever since 👍😎
@@Aerodrummer thanks for watching man!
Thank you for your excellent and very helpful deep dive review! I was close to buying this product to learn from scratch, but just for fun, nothing serious. I like pretend-drumming in the air when I’m enjoying certain music, so I thought this might be even more fun.
Given that I’m not planning to be a serious drummer, but rather, to get some audio feedback for my fooling around pretend drumming, would that be OK or would I be doing myself a disservice?
Hey Paul thanks for your comment. I don't think you would be doing yourself a disservice especially if you're just trying to have some fun with it.
I do think you should think about it and determine if you actually want to be able to play though and either go all in or don't. I think a lot of people say "I'm not serious about it" as a defense mechanism because they're afraid they won't be any good at it, when in reality no one is good at it when they first start out lol.
If you do decide to purchase it be sure to use my link. I would greatly appreciate it!
@@AdamZDrumming Hey Adam, nice to hear back from you so soon. Thank you, you’ve given me much to think about. Ironically, in my case I’m not worried about whether or not I’m any good at it to start with. I play piano at an OK level and I’ve developed a reasonable sense of timing over the years. I’m in my mid 50s now with family responsibilities, so any musical activities will be just for fun and decompressing after work. Really appreciate where you’re coming from though. If I could wind back the clock I’d definitely love to go all in seriously. Or I can keep that in mind for retirement! I’ll be glad to use your link if I end up purchasing. Thanks again, Adam.
@@PaulJRBarnett I think the only disservice you might be doing for yourself is not giving this the level of effort it deserves. There are plenty of guys who I teach who are family men and still make time for it.
It's easy in the beginning to pick up a lot of bad habits teaching yourself and playing music is much more enjoyable when you have some level of skill. This doesn't mean you have to shirk your family or responsibilities, but I would give it some more attention than the you're talking about it. Just something to think about.
Do you have the file for the camera mount?
I will see if I can get it for you.