I just finished converting my drums to full electronic and wanted to share what I did.
The drum set is a double bass Tama Rockstar (22, 22, 10, 12, 16) with a cheap vic firth piccolo that I purchased for the purpose of converting.
I used the following:
Roland TD-6V
Extreme Drums Internal Triggers
Remo Mesh Heads
Pintech Practice Cymbals
30mm Piezos (adafruit.com)
1/4" Stereo Plugs (bgmicro.com)
1/8" thick gum rubber sheets (mcmaster.com)
Here is the finished product:
Here is an up close shot of the internal trigger and mesh head:
Up close shots of how I converted the practice cymbals:
I converted an actual ride cymbal as the feel can't really be duplicated with plastic cymbals. I used a Sound-Off rubber mute along with a a mouse pad and old trigger box I had laying around.
Here are some shots of how the cables plug into the drums. I drilled the toms, used the vent hole on the snare, and made special inserts for the tom mounts on the bass drums.
The drum set is a double bass Tama Rockstar (22, 22, 10, 12, 16) with a cheap vic firth piccolo that I purchased for the purpose of converting.
I used the following:
Roland TD-6V
Extreme Drums Internal Triggers
Remo Mesh Heads
Pintech Practice Cymbals
30mm Piezos (adafruit.com)
1/4" Stereo Plugs (bgmicro.com)
1/8" thick gum rubber sheets (mcmaster.com)
Here is the finished product:
Here is an up close shot of the internal trigger and mesh head:
Up close shots of how I converted the practice cymbals:
I converted an actual ride cymbal as the feel can't really be duplicated with plastic cymbals. I used a Sound-Off rubber mute along with a a mouse pad and old trigger box I had laying around.
Here are some shots of how the cables plug into the drums. I drilled the toms, used the vent hole on the snare, and made special inserts for the tom mounts on the bass drums.