Drum Master

DIY Electronic Drum Brain

 

Gallery

Here you can see images of the Drum Master module, during development as well as in its final incarnation, as well as the drum pad hardware which it gets hooked up to. If you have images of your own sets, please feel free to send me a copy and I can include them here.

Drum Master Board and Electronics

These first pictures show the Drum Master through its prototype phase and assembly, into the final production version. This may be a useful resource for those who are attempting to assemble a Drum Master board, by seeing where the components go and what order to solder them in.

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Original Drum Set (Acoustic Set with Triggers)

This section shows the pad hardware I used at first. I bought a cheap acoustic set, and installed triggers in the drums and on the cymbals. This setup worked quite well, but I found that having an entire acoustic drum set defeated much of the benefits of an electronic set, namely that of requiring little space.

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Current Drum Set (Home Built Pads and Frame)

As of April 2009, I started work on a new set of pads. I will be posting images here as work progresses. Keep checking back for updates!

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Videos

Below is a video I have taken of Drum Master, using the original acoustic-modification pads. I apologise for the sound quality; they were taken with a cheap digital camera. If you are interested in a particular feature which I have not yet created a movie for, feel free to request it. I plan to add more videos of the new set once construction is complete.