You have blown my mind with the simple and elegant wood brackets for triggers. I have been making mine out of metal brackets and even extruded aluminum. Are you able to get a rim sound with the triggers mounted to the edges?
I didn’t worry about rim triggers on the toms. I did create a very shallow bracket to absorb the curve of the snare drum and mounted a piezo to that. I do get good rim triggering on the snare. Thanks for watching and your interest in the project. It was fun and I still love playing them.
I see you used a 10K resistor from another comment/ question. Did you just wire all the triggers in parallel? Would the Module that you use, change the wiring?
I used the 10k resistor because the Yamaha modules look for less signal from the piezo sensors. I did wire them parallel. I did not seem to have any issues with this, and no double triggering once the module was set up. One of the floor toms does require the gain be turned up more in the module to have it balance with the rest of the kit. I may remove the resistor on that drum. I don’t think it will change the signal to the module too very much. It’s it bit of trial and error. I feel very lucky on this project.
How are you finding the triple triggers? I've wondered if there would be any double triggering going on or maybe having the three would be overpowering in some way? Only asking as I'm playing around with my own build... Great vid and thanks so much for sharing...
I am using a Yamaha DTX Pro as my drum module. Only saying that because it’s a bit different than other brands. It looks for less signal from the piezo triggers, so I have a 10k resistor across the leads on the output jack for balance. That said, once I got levels and sensitivity balanced, I have no double trigger or phantom trigger issues. My one grump is that the snare can not be as sensitive as I’d like because it will have phantom trigger issues. Under normal play, it’s pretty unnoticeable.
@charlescampbell6167 Have you tried a single trigger instead of three, and if so, what were the results like? Appreciate the exchange of information... Kelvin
@@greenisleoverland6469 A single trigger works pretty well on smaller drum sizes (and 10 -12”). I don’t much like the trigger in the center because of hot spotting. I tried it with my snare and it wasn’t good. Having the extra triggers really doesn’t seem to cause an issue. They don’t add anything extra except better balance. I actually have 4 triggers on my 16” floor tom.- it has 8 lugs, so the spacing was easier.
I don’t know why that line got put there. I just wanted to add that my experience is pretty limited. I got my ideas from pulling apart an Alesis Nitro pad. I messed with adding sensors, a rim sensor, stereo output jack. I just tried to see what worked.
@@charlescampbell6167 which leads on the jack is the resistor soldered to? i just bought a DTX Pro module pretty cheap and would like to covert one of my other acoustics to electric.
The rubber trim is to quiet down the sound of the sticks hitting the rims. You’ll see it on most acoustic/ electric conversions and electric drums with acoustic style shells.
I used some old “Sound Off” neoprene drum pads I had sitting around. I count it to size with brass water pipe fittings I sharpened with a file, and contact cemented pieces together to get the correct height. This was an experiment that worked well… so I used it for the whole project. I found it hard to source foam at an affordable price. Precut cones are even more expendcive.
The 10" shell with the Yamaha pad drop in on top is adorable! Love it
You are great and you work very carefully and it's beautiful to see you work so well! Congratulations for your beautiful result🙂👍
Thank you so much!
Nice job dude. Yeah them Yamaha DTXpro and ProX modules have some really awesome sounds! Love what you did with the XP80 pad onto a shell too!
Great stuff. You make it look easy. Those sounds seem to be very useable too.
Nice work. I love the stage custom as well.
You have blown my mind with the simple and elegant wood brackets for triggers. I have been making mine out of metal brackets and even extruded aluminum. Are you able to get a rim sound with the triggers mounted to the edges?
I didn’t worry about rim triggers on the toms. I did create a very shallow bracket to absorb the curve of the snare drum and mounted a piezo to that. I do get good rim triggering on the snare.
Thanks for watching and your interest in the project. It was fun and I still love playing them.
Very good, excellent! Then make a video showing this connection between the three piezzos.
I may venture back into this project to show some “How To’s” of some of the techniques and choices made on this project.
Thanks for the comment.
I see you used a 10K resistor from another comment/ question. Did you just wire all the triggers in parallel? Would the Module that you use, change the wiring?
I used the 10k resistor because the Yamaha modules look for less signal from the piezo sensors. I did wire them parallel. I did not seem to have any issues with this, and no double triggering once the module was set up.
One of the floor toms does require the gain be turned up more in the module to have it balance with the rest of the kit. I may remove the resistor on that drum. I don’t think it will change the signal to the module too very much. It’s it bit of trial and error.
I feel very lucky on this project.
How are you finding the triple triggers?
I've wondered if there would be any double triggering going on or maybe having the three would be overpowering in some way?
Only asking as I'm playing around with my own build...
Great vid and thanks so much for sharing...
I am using a Yamaha DTX Pro as my drum module. Only saying that because it’s a bit different than other brands. It looks for less signal from the piezo triggers, so I have a 10k resistor across the leads on the output jack for balance.
That said, once I got levels and sensitivity balanced, I have no double trigger or phantom trigger issues. My one grump is that the snare can not be as sensitive as I’d like because it will have phantom trigger issues. Under normal play, it’s pretty unnoticeable.
@charlescampbell6167 Have you tried a single trigger instead of three, and if so, what were the results like?
Appreciate the exchange of information...
Kelvin
@@greenisleoverland6469 A single trigger works pretty well on smaller drum sizes (and 10 -12”). I don’t much like the trigger in the center because of hot spotting. I tried it with my snare and it wasn’t good. Having the extra triggers really doesn’t seem to cause an issue. They don’t add anything extra except better balance. I actually have 4 triggers on my 16” floor tom.- it has 8 lugs, so the spacing was easier.
I don’t know why that line got put there.
I just wanted to add that my experience is pretty limited.
I got my ideas from pulling apart an Alesis Nitro pad. I messed with adding sensors, a rim sensor, stereo output jack.
I just tried to see what worked.
@@charlescampbell6167 which leads on the jack is the resistor soldered to? i just bought a DTX Pro module pretty cheap and would like to covert one of my other acoustics to electric.
I'm sorry if you mentioned it, maybe I missed it but what is the purpose of the black tubing on the rims of the hoops?
The rubber trim is to quiet down the sound of the sticks hitting the rims. You’ll see it on most acoustic/ electric conversions and electric drums with acoustic style shells.
I looked in your description and re watched.
Did you ever say what type of foam you used?
Was it just those utility room floor tiles cut up?
I used some old “Sound Off” neoprene drum pads I had sitting around. I count it to size with brass water pipe fittings I sharpened with a file, and contact cemented pieces together to get the correct height. This was an experiment that worked well… so I used it for the whole project.
I found it hard to source foam at an affordable price. Precut cones are even more expendcive.