Hay guys. Please, for the love of God read through this.
Ok, I wanna build an electronic drum kit for the band. Here's why:
1) A fair amount of the time, we don't practice because we have limited drum access. These being extremely portable, that problem would be solved.
2) Electronic drum kits offer a wider variety of sounds, because you can mod whatever comes out using the drum brain and the amp that it's leading to, allowing for more cool-ness.
3) It's fun to build stuff.
Plus this will be much much cheaper than getting a real set that's not as good.
Ok, so here's the deal. I'm gonna need to buy:
- 4 Practice Pads
- 4 Piezo Transducers
- Drum Brain (Roland TD-7)
- Bass kick pedal
- FD8 Hi Hat Controller
- Roland CYS Dual Trigger Cymbal Pad (x2 for a ride and a crash)
It's looking like it'll be around ~250 dollars. That's where you come in!
NO WAIT DONT LEAVE YET
I'm not asking for money. I'm asking for you to shop around for good prices and post them here. If you see a practice set (drum set made of pads) for $100, tell me. Anything at all that you think I'd be interested in, post it up so I can view my options. I'm prepared to drop about 200 bucks on this, but I honestly don't want to. >.> I'm hoping we can get this stuff cheaper than that. Maybe we can, maybe we can.
Also, anything (like cash
) you'd like to put towards it would be great. It's your band to. *thumbs up* Once again though, it's my idea, and my burden. Hell, I might not even go with it, but I'd like to see if it can be done.