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Hi folks,
New chap here ~ just signed-up after lurking for a while (& reading just about every post about cones, piezos and mesh heads on here recently!). Did a quick intro in the Foyer earlier so now down here >>> to business!
Have been learning to drum on a TD3 for nearly a year now and, being much better at making things than drumming, I reckon it's time to give some DIY eDrums a go. Get the message that I should start with some single trigger toms intially ~ to replace the solid rubber pads / learn a little about this DIY black art (then move onto a dual trigger snare, Positional Detection, upgrade to a TD12 module etc... maybe next week).
Have done a deal of homework on this and have got my plan of attack pretty well decided, just have a couple of decisions to make that I'd really appreciate some help with. I understand that a lot of this comes down to personal preference / find what works for you (doesn't mean anyone else's way is right/wrong, better/worse) etc; but it would be great to get some thoughts from you all on these 2 choices I'm still considering:
Firstly piezos... should I just buy Roland at ~10* the price of Maplin (UK version of Radio Shack)? Have seen comments about poor quality of Maplin piezos ~ wires falling off / need re-soldering ~ but is there anything else wrong with them other than that... once you've soldered the wires back on are they functionally inferior to Roland's own in any way?
Secondly... what mesh heads? Wanting to get something good seems to bring me to Roland's own or Hart Magnum, but not wanting to spend more than neccessary makes me wonder if Drum-tec Pro are a good mid-value option???
... all thoughts on the above will be much appreciated, will go into the melting pot and help me decide what to try as my first iteration (obviously
I'm aiming for impossible first time hit on the ideal compromise between spending hours on the ultra-budget option that takes huge amounts of trial & error / fine tuning, but then not throwing money at top-of-the-range when something cheaper works every bit as well).
many thanks
Nick
New chap here ~ just signed-up after lurking for a while (& reading just about every post about cones, piezos and mesh heads on here recently!). Did a quick intro in the Foyer earlier so now down here >>> to business!
Have been learning to drum on a TD3 for nearly a year now and, being much better at making things than drumming, I reckon it's time to give some DIY eDrums a go. Get the message that I should start with some single trigger toms intially ~ to replace the solid rubber pads / learn a little about this DIY black art (then move onto a dual trigger snare, Positional Detection, upgrade to a TD12 module etc... maybe next week).
Have done a deal of homework on this and have got my plan of attack pretty well decided, just have a couple of decisions to make that I'd really appreciate some help with. I understand that a lot of this comes down to personal preference / find what works for you (doesn't mean anyone else's way is right/wrong, better/worse) etc; but it would be great to get some thoughts from you all on these 2 choices I'm still considering:
Firstly piezos... should I just buy Roland at ~10* the price of Maplin (UK version of Radio Shack)? Have seen comments about poor quality of Maplin piezos ~ wires falling off / need re-soldering ~ but is there anything else wrong with them other than that... once you've soldered the wires back on are they functionally inferior to Roland's own in any way?
Secondly... what mesh heads? Wanting to get something good seems to bring me to Roland's own or Hart Magnum, but not wanting to spend more than neccessary makes me wonder if Drum-tec Pro are a good mid-value option???
... all thoughts on the above will be much appreciated, will go into the melting pot and help me decide what to try as my first iteration (obviously
I'm aiming for impossible first time hit on the ideal compromise between spending hours on the ultra-budget option that takes huge amounts of trial & error / fine tuning, but then not throwing money at top-of-the-range when something cheaper works every bit as well).many thanks
Nick
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