E-Drum Noob wants to get started!

[Kraudmasda]

Hey,

I´m new in the scene and kind of fell in love with the idea of building my own drumkit out of trash…

I thougt of buying a cheap drumkit and use the drums as the ressource for the e-drumkit! I already bought an old kit ( for only 15€ 😉 )
Now a need a drum module –  a point i have no idea of …

So my first question is : Which drum module would you recommend?
I´ve seen DTXpress III on ebay but i don´t know if it is really good or my be too advanced for my needs…

Further i need some piezzos and lots of cable…

Something else?

Perhaps you could give me a little help, where to get started!

THX Kraud

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[jman 31]

I would say as far as a module goes from my reading you get what you pay for. I ordered an Alesis DM-5 off ebay but I’m still waiting for it so I can’t give you any feed back. You might try going to musiciansfriend.com and looking what people have wrote feedback about the different modules that they offer and then either buy it there or try to find it on ebay.

I ordered my cables from a guy on ebay. I got 12 various length used cables for $36 w/ shipping and cut them and resoldered the ends to the lengths I needed.

The piezos I ordered from here. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=3202&TabID=1&C=SO&U=strat350&doy=search&MenuName=PIEZO+TRANSDUCERS

Here’s a good list of resources and forums that will help tremendously.  http://www.edrums.info/information.htm

Good luck. Expect it to be more work than you expected. but its fun and rewarding.

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