homemade drum triggers??
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DeclanWhite
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cloy26
d00d
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Maybe a perfect solution for the frame? I think I'm going to buy 4 or 5 of these.... Maybe unscrew the top section and see if I can slide it on the bottom side...
DM01 Mic Clip. 5 dollars a piece @ B&H.
Maybe a perfect solution for the frame? I think I'm going to buy 4 or 5 of these.... Maybe unscrew the top section and see if I can slide it on the bottom side...
DM01 Mic Clip. 5 dollars a piece @ B&H.
hey guys, sorry to bring it up again, this is to all you guys with store bought triggers. i ordered some drumdial trigger guards for like 5 bucks and they look great. they don't have the element attached though, which is okay as i have some. i reallllllly just want to know if the foam attaches to the drum which attaches to the element and then steel, or if the element touches the drum directly, then the foam etc. as the foam is already glued onto these guys.
thankyou!
thankyou!
AntonioPetrole
Brootz
cloy26
d00d
AntonioPetrole
Brootz
i just did 2 dabs of super glue and that was all it took. One thing to keep in mind, using foam in the shape of cones will work way better than just a block of foam. If i can find a link for them i will post it
I'm thinking of going ahead and making my own DIY "DDrums".
I'm going to bend some aluminum to make a casing, and drill a hole for the 1/4th jack, possibly a XLR. A couple of questions for those experienced.
Would I mount the Piezo straight onto the metal casing? Senses tell me no, and put foam under it aswell. Would that cause problems with what the piezo picks up? \
Also, how would I wire these into an XLR? XLR is a much more convenient format for me.
I'm going to bend some aluminum to make a casing, and drill a hole for the 1/4th jack, possibly a XLR. A couple of questions for those experienced.
Would I mount the Piezo straight onto the metal casing? Senses tell me no, and put foam under it aswell. Would that cause problems with what the piezo picks up? \
Also, how would I wire these into an XLR? XLR is a much more convenient format for me.
AdamWathan
Member
If you look at the instructions for the Drumdial triggers, the element is just taped directly to the drumhead, so to me logic dictates that any DIY design using those piezo elements should go drum head>piezo>foam>trigger casing. Even on the DDrum Pro triggers, the piezo is directly on the head, the foam behind that. Not sure how the Roland ones are setup though (but they rule if you can swing the price!)
cloy26
d00d
wouldn't that cause more double triggers, as opposed to having a foam layer in between the piezo and drum head?
AdamWathan
Member
I dunno, my DDrums don't double trigger though and the transducer is directly on the head. Double triggering is a result of retrigger time and threshold settings in the sampling plugin/hardware, not the transducer itself. One hit = one blip from the trigger, end of story. A thin layer of foam couldn't hurt though I suppose. Just copy what works!
cloy26
d00d
I'm curious, is the transducer firmly pressed on the head, or is it rest on the drum head? thanks for your help.
AdamWathan
Member
The transducer is pressed pretty firmly into the head, the foam is compressed when the DDrums are attached.
cloy26
d00d
Just finished one. I need to address the height of the foam, as I don't think it will be firm enough against the drum, so I'll probably add another piece. What do you guys think? Its a terrible pic, so when I get a hold of a better cam, maybe tomorrow, I will do a mini guide of how I did it if anyone is curious. I don't have a drum here to test it on, but I works pressed on my desk triggering S2.0.
AdamWathan
Member
That's fantastic dude! Did you use the mic clamps you posted before and if so how did you mod it exactly? Might have to make some like that myself!
cloy26
d00d
Yep. But there is one problem, it doesn't fit on the lip of a drum as is. You are going to have to take a grinder/saw and get rid of the extra length on the side of the clip that fits over the lip of the drum. I will give pictures when I decide to do it, But it seems a rather easy process.
AdamWathan
Member
Yeah I can see that for sure, that lip is way too big on the "inside the rim" part of the clamp. I'm guessing you just took the spacers off the top, slid them on the bottom and reattached the screw that way? It's pretty slick either way dude, I think I am gonna order some of those clamps!
AdamWathan
Member
I have 4 of these actually that came with my Audix DP7 kit that I don't use, I wonder how hard it would be to fasten something to the top of them to extend over the rim that I could mount some foam and the trigger to?
Dalinkwent48@aim.com
Be Creative, Get Laid
I have 4 of these actually that came with my Audix DP7 kit that I don't use, I wonder how hard it would be to fasten something to the top of them to extend over the rim that I could mount some foam and the trigger to?
You could get a small piece of sheet metal and use some sort of rubber cement or something to bond it to that existing clip and make like a 1 1/2 inch lip over it so you can attach the piezo and foam and then use cloys idea and just tie wrap the input to the top of it
