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lurker on these forums for a long time. thought I would post my progress with my kit. I have had multiple iterations of my drums over the last 20 years. I had some el cheapo drum shells from my Pearl Export drums that I got back in high school circa 2002. I stripped the original maroon wrap off those and hardware and sanded everything down.
Version 2: I wrapped my drums in chrome wrap which I got from an automotive wrapping company. My cymbals were all the late JMan's stealth triggers on Wuhan Cymbals. I was using 682Drums heads and playing these through a TD-12. Version 1 was essentially the same, but I was using a Alesis Trigger iO instead of the TD-12. I was triggering Addictive Drums but I had a lot of problems with the hi-hat and dynamics, so much so that I ditched it and bought a used TD-12 and just played with the in built sounds.
Version 3: I re-wrapped my drums, this time in a woodgrain finish that I bought from a furniture company. I replaced JMan's cymbals with a selection of Roland and Yamaha cymbals. I made a foray back into VST drums by using Superior 2.0 through my White MacBook and the TD-12 with a USB-Midi Cable. Very happy with the result overall in terms of sound quality, but latency was still an issue, and I wasn't so keen on the smaller cymbals.
Version 4: Same drums as Version 3, but I went with some more JMAN cymbals for the ride and a crash as I wanted to have realistic sized cymbals.
Version 5: After a 3-4 year hiatus, I decided to get back into things now that I had some space in my apartment again. I rewrapped my drums in a leather vinyl wrap. I remade the triggers using a combine of Drone Triggers and some hardware that looks suspiciously like Drum-Tec Radial triggers. My snare drum is a fluoro acrylic snare 14 x 6.5 drum with gold hardware. I got the shell from Alibaba and bought the hardware separately. Overall, I'm quite happy with the result. This time using Drum-Tec Mesh heads, and a UFO Drums bass trigger. I bought new ATV cymbals, and some Yamaha cymbals and went for the eDrumin10. This is wired to a iMac and triggering Superior Drummer 3.0.
lurker on these forums for a long time. thought I would post my progress with my kit. I have had multiple iterations of my drums over the last 20 years. I had some el cheapo drum shells from my Pearl Export drums that I got back in high school circa 2002. I stripped the original maroon wrap off those and hardware and sanded everything down.
Version 2: I wrapped my drums in chrome wrap which I got from an automotive wrapping company. My cymbals were all the late JMan's stealth triggers on Wuhan Cymbals. I was using 682Drums heads and playing these through a TD-12. Version 1 was essentially the same, but I was using a Alesis Trigger iO instead of the TD-12. I was triggering Addictive Drums but I had a lot of problems with the hi-hat and dynamics, so much so that I ditched it and bought a used TD-12 and just played with the in built sounds.
Version 3: I re-wrapped my drums, this time in a woodgrain finish that I bought from a furniture company. I replaced JMan's cymbals with a selection of Roland and Yamaha cymbals. I made a foray back into VST drums by using Superior 2.0 through my White MacBook and the TD-12 with a USB-Midi Cable. Very happy with the result overall in terms of sound quality, but latency was still an issue, and I wasn't so keen on the smaller cymbals.
Version 4: Same drums as Version 3, but I went with some more JMAN cymbals for the ride and a crash as I wanted to have realistic sized cymbals.
Version 5: After a 3-4 year hiatus, I decided to get back into things now that I had some space in my apartment again. I rewrapped my drums in a leather vinyl wrap. I remade the triggers using a combine of Drone Triggers and some hardware that looks suspiciously like Drum-Tec Radial triggers. My snare drum is a fluoro acrylic snare 14 x 6.5 drum with gold hardware. I got the shell from Alibaba and bought the hardware separately. Overall, I'm quite happy with the result. This time using Drum-Tec Mesh heads, and a UFO Drums bass trigger. I bought new ATV cymbals, and some Yamaha cymbals and went for the eDrumin10. This is wired to a iMac and triggering Superior Drummer 3.0.
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