I’m about to embark on making my first FULL Edrum kit using real drums/cymbals. (For aesthetic reasons) Which will be a monster kit to use to play live shows. I’m also not going to harm any of the drums used and TRY using real drum heads instead of mesh. (At least on the batter side.) We’ve achieved pretty awesome results using Ddrum triggers before with MAJOR and extensive tweaking. so I think this SHOULD be the next step up. The kit will involve…
The Kit: Mapex (for our “Guinea pig“)
[*]2 – 20 x 18 Bass Drums (Single Zone)[*]1 – 14 x 5.5 Snare Drum (Dual/Triple w/Position Tracing)*[*]1 – 16 x 14 FL Tom (Single Zone)[*]1 – 14 x 14 FL Tom (Single Zone)[*]1 – 13 x 9 Tom (Single Zone)[*]1 – 12 x 8 Tom (Single Zone)[*]1 – 10 x 7 Tom (Single Zone)[*]1 – HH (Single Zone)[*]1 – Ride (Dual/Triple Zone)*[*]2 – China (Single Zone)[*]2 – Crashes (Single Zone)[*]2 – Crashes (Dual Zone/Choke)*[*]1 – Splash (Single Zone)
*Note: I’m unclear if this is achievable with Alesis I/O.
Other:
[*]2 Alesis I/Os will be used to achieve all the inputs.[*]1 Muli-Channel Low Latency Soundcard (Currently un-chosen)[*]Superior Drummer 2 (For the butt kicking sounds naturally.)[*]PC
Designs: (Possibly more or custom)
I plan to document the whole build from start to end result decently in-depth with Video, Audio, Pictures and Documentation to share with the Edrum community.
I’ve been reading this and other forums doing my homework and some information gets somewhat jumbled within the conversations, random pop-up questions and answering. I’m still in the process of research before I itemize/order my parts list.
So I’ll start with just 3 Questions:
[*]With the Alesis I/O, is position tracing possible on the snare? (Cross-stick sound isn’t needed.)[*]With the Alesis I/O, what is needed for the triple zone cymbal? (I’ve read the Keith Raper ‘PP to PS’ Circuit will not work.)[*]What size, frequency piezos would you suggest would be best for each job? (Ok, that’s kind of cheat question )
Thanks for any help or advice.
