On Tue, 17 May 2011 10:41:57 +0200 Svend-Erik K Madsen <sv-e@xxxxxxx> 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 > _____ 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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
