Is This The Best Electronic Drum Set? Turning an acoustic drum set into an electronic drum kit!
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2024
- I'm starting to build what I hope is the perfect electronic drum kit for me. I'll show you the drum heads, drum triggers, and the other gear I'm using to change my Pearl Export acoustic drum kit into an electronic drum set that is fun and inspiring to play while I'm writing songs.
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ddrum Red Shot Triggers: guitar-center.pxf.io/e4aygZ
Roland RT-30 Dual Trigger: guitar-center.pxf.io/VygzBk
Gibraltar clamp arm for drum module: guitar-center.pxf.io/2r2bMG
Zildjian L80 Cymbals: guitar-center.pxf.io/gbJMg0
Remo Silent Stroke Snare Head: guitar-center.pxf.io/0J2EAL
Remo Silent Stroke Tom Heads: guitar-center.pxf.io/BXBmb4
Remo Silent Stroke Kick Head: guitar-center.pxf.io/n1groa
I just converted my acoustics to electric. Feels alot funner than my td20 which I liked alot.
It's definitely nice having the full size kit feel! Way more fun than my tiny TD-3! 😅 Thanks for watching!
About to do a similar conversion on a 90's era Mapex Mars series 4 piece shell pack (2 toms, Kick, & snare) that I've had packed away for years in storage. Currently pondering weather to DIY my own internal triggers, or just temporarily opt for some cheap and easy Pintech ones for the toms, and then use a higher end model for the single zone bass drum & dual zone snare.
Currently I've been playing on a little mesh kit comprised of a hodge podge of various branded pads and triggering Toontrack's EDZ/SPD via an Alesis Trigger I/O. It's Okay, but after I convert my Mapex kit? I'll be looking for potentially an older Roland module. Something like a TD-3, 4, 5, or 6 perhaps? Although an Audiofront eDRUMin 8 or10 midi I/O would also be great.
FYI,
I've begun using the Lemon brand E-Cymbals, and I must say? The are legitimately rather good! Especially for the price!
Cheers!
That's great! I don't do anything fancy with my toms, so the simple ddrum triggers have worked well for those. I do plan to get a Roland snare trigger in the near future.
I have not heard of the Lemon E-cymbals. Just took a look and they do seem pretty good. And the price is reasonable as well. May pick up the 18" ride at some point. Thanks for sharing that info!
Good luck with your conversion! Let me know how it goes.
I turned my Pearl Travel into electric.awesome now love it.
That's awesome! What triggers did you use?
Cool video, Brother! I had a lot of fun watching this, and nerding out on the technical aspects, and the kit. That's a beautiful kit you've got - and I thought it turned out great. I did this with my Tama Superstar Kit, and it has been so much fun. Actually getting ready to tweak several things now. But I did something very similar. Much more rudimentary with my home-made (piezo) triggers. I used the piezo's and wired them up to TRS female jacks. The 1/4 cables come right out of my Alesis DM-10 module... and into those jacks. I used small l-shaped brackets to build a rack from the top lugs of each piece. On that rack, I used a layer of carpet foam. Then the mouse-paddish material drum (mute) pads. And underneath that, I put a sheet of aluminum flashing - which I cut to size for each drum piece. I attached the piezo triggers to the aluminum - thereby making the entire surface of each drum a trigger. Plugged em' in, and rolled with it. I used the Alesis Kick-Drum tower from the DM-10 kit... and just sat that into the kick side of the kick drum. And I used the Alesis (Gold Plastic) cymbals - as is. Dual zone for crash and ride. And used the Alesis single high-hat and hat controller. I used a Gibralter rack, and hid all the wires. You can't hardly see any wires, and it looks amazing. Not a bad kit - although the cymbals need upgrading, and I suck as a drummer! LOL I'm a guitar player too. Anyway.... I have a blast with it, and the boys like to come over and grab an instrument. So we have fun with it. Anyway - this was fun. I got several ideas from you, and I want to do some tweaking. A little upgrading. I probably also need a more updated drum module too. I'm subbing you.
Wow, that sounds like an amazing build! If you haven't seen them, 65 Drums has a couple of videos about what's inside drum pads that you might find interesting: "What's Inside Vintage Electronic Drums?" and "What's Inside Modern Electronic Drums?" Thanks for sharing the details on your kit. It's always fun to see how others do things and solve problems. Especially fellow guitar players!
@@DadRockAndGuitars Yea Brother! It was fun.... has been fun. I get a kick out of it But I think before too much longer, I am going to probably drop the rudimentary old school stuff... and maybe get into some Red Drum triggers, and see how that works. My set-up is cool - and a minor engineering victory for me. LOL But I need to upgrade and modernize a bit. Cymbals and high-hats esp, after I try the Red Drum triggers on my toms.
On my bass drum i use weather king power stroke pro. Then i put a round foem ring around the bass outside. Not inside from remo and just use your red shot trigger will work perfect. Mine never gave me a problem. I use dubble pedal. The foem will help from dubble trigger. Just fix ur setting module. Don't for get to add a remo sticker on ur drum head to protect the bass head from the beater. I place my trigger at 5 o'clock. I use the ddrum pro on snare.
Sounds like a great setup! Thanks for watching and thanks for all the great info! Are you using the bass and snare triggers to replace your drums or for layering with the real drum sound?
Nothing wrong with this at all dude if it works your on to a winner. Ive just converted a premier elite kit with Jobeky internal triggers and there double ply heads using an old Roland td20 to drive it . In my honest opinion it’s way better than the td20 ever was the only thing I had to do was dial the sensitivity in a bit and it’s perfect . The other thing I like is actually playing the full size kit again I really can’t stand playing these Micky mouse size electronic drum kits no matter how good on paper they are they always feel like a toy to me .
Great vid thanks 👍
I forgot about the Jobeky triggers. I've heard good things about those. Are yours the ones that mount to the side of the shell or use the cross bars?
I agree about the size of the kit. My TD-3 kit was tiny. It worked, especially when I didn't have a lot of room, but the full size kit is way more comfortable to play! Thanks for watching and commenting Bigsquatch Sasfoot!
@@DadRockAndGuitars there the internal triggers they come in a few configurations from a straight bar , triple and quad mounting depending on your shell lug amounts and are doubled sensor as in shell and centre of the drum. I gotta admit I’m super impressed with them and I’m not that easy to please with this technology after playing acoustic kits for 50 years . I did experience some beater bounce on the mesh 20;in bass drum head so I made an internal hallo of aluminium with foam on it to go around the trigger and it works good but I suppose you could stuff the drum tight with an old quilt or something for the same results .I think it cost me about £500 Uk for all the triggers heads rim hoop rubbers so well worth it . Cheers dude 👍
That hihat is sad 😔 why didn't you atleast buy a used roland vh-10 and some jobeky cymbals return those triggers spend another 100 and get internal triggers
I did what I could do with what I had and the funds I had available. My kids typically like to eat a couple of times a day. I’m accepting donations. 🙂Thanks for watching!
Silentstrokes are really bouncy, 2 ply heads are better… I even have a 3 ply on the snare.
Agreed, they are a bit bouncy, but they've been usable for my purposes. With that said, I'll be putting a 2 ply at least on the snare. Which brand do you like to use?
@@DadRockAndGuitars SpareDrum, I’m a cheapskate! Lol
@@bucknaked31 I haven't heard of those. I will definitely look into them. Thanks for watching an commenting! 👍
I generally agree but Im using a 20 inch Silentstroke with 2 pillows in my bass drum and an Evans eq patch and it feels really good. Ive tried kd7, kd80, kd120, and kd140 and mine feels better to me.
Singly ply mesh heads are not the way to go. Two ply works best. Dual zone triggers mounted internally is better than single trigger mounted externally.
Absolutely! Great recommendations!
What dual mesh head would you recommend
@@Steve-of8zo I use Roland heads on my kit