Drumpad solutions

blizt · Post by **blizt** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:34 pm

Lately I've been thinking of buying some kind of drum pad to play percussion to give a more live feeling to my productions.

This one rocks but it's insanely expensive:
http://www.alternatemode.com/malletkat.shtml

This one doesn't look bad and the price is fair:
http://www.thomann.de/es/millenium_md70 ... rumset.htm

Any suggestion?

soggy · Post by **soggy** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:52 pm

villalobos uses the mallet kat doesnt he?

Daemonix · Post by **Daemonix** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:49 pm

soggy wrote:villalobos uses the mallet kat doesnt he?

yeap.. but oru budget is sooooo smaller than his...

diego vega · Post by **diego vega** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:02 pm

I have a Trigger Finger but I don't like it, I wouldn't recommend it, the sensibility is awful.

I'm actually also looking for something that can be played with sticks or your whole hands (not just fingers).

I found this one, though I'm not sure if it's good, has anyone tried one of these?
http://www.alesis.com/controlpad

EDIT:

Here's a bunch of them:

http://www.sweetwater.com/c645--Percussion_Controllers

Android · Post by **Android** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:19 pm

Daemonix · Post by **Daemonix** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:33 pm

Android wrote:

you can do that with an arduino but its hard to do the velocity (correctly) and fast hits in sequence (1/16 ++).

boomstick · Post by **boomstick** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:53 pm

Daemonix wrote:
Android wrote:
you can do that with an arduino but its hard to do the velocity (correctly) and fast hits in sequence (1/16 ++).

i think you could replace the piezo with a force sensitive resistor(FSR) cause they are easier to use with velocity and arduino. At least thats what i read in a guide on making your shoes trigger drums.
edit: just checked out the malletkats, they use FSRs, so its probably a safe bet to use 'em(the FSRs, if your gonna DIY).

New Guy · Post by **New Guy** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:11 am

diego vega wrote:I have a Trigger Finger but I don't like it, I wouldn't recommend it, the sensibility is awful.

I'm actually also looking for something that can be played with sticks or your whole hands (not just fingers).

I found this one, though I'm not sure if it's good, has anyone tried one of these?
http://www.alesis.com/controlpad

EDIT:

Here's a bunch of them:

http://www.sweetwater.com/c645--Percussion_Controllers

Uh + 1 on the trigger finger, it's just awful. I had it too, got rid of it.
And if I'm not mistaking it even got discontinued.