The "Amazon bachi" you mentioned are used for the taiko video game "Taiko no Tatsujin" using a drum controller that looks similar to the kaDON TimbreTaiko.
I use a [Prologix Blackout Practice Pad - VST Extreme Resistance] mounted on a snare stand. The great thing about this pad is the rim for practicing "ka ra".
At the advice of this channel, I've been practicing with western pads and sticks and can say it's serving me well. Practicing the widest swings with full power at home is just not practical for me. I'm 6'3" and my results were sticks/bachi on the ceiling or ceiling fan. I'm still trying to figure out mechanics for those full range-of-motion full power don strokes and have resigned myself to relying on my teachers and the copious amount of drilling in class. That's an environment where I have the real drums and bachi, someone who knows what they're doing, and someone who sees what I can't, especially if I start getting tired and my form falls apart. I'm happy to accept this as a limitation to the pads or home practice in general. The biggest value I'm getting from the pads is learning my group's repertoire. It's helping me catch up more quickly and be able to play more with the intermediate students. The other thing is raw technique. I'm getting more comfortable with standard middle-of-the-road strikes and rhythms and getting my wrists involved. The teachers are helping me with form overall and hitting hard, but I want to connect the other end of the spectrum and get fine control with my fingers and wrists. Single-stroke rolls, any group of 16ths, etc. It will be different on bachi, but I think these pads will help quite a bit in this area. I've been looking at a few things on youtube, but also playing random groups of 16ths mixed with 8ths using a metronome. 4, 5, 7, 3, triplet.... Whatever. I don't have great coordination and independence between my two hands yet and look forward to figuring that out. I plan to use the TimbreTaiko for composition or maybe some practice exercises later on, but I think it will be a niche item for me. I planned to use MIDI, but that's going to be more work than I'd anticipated. I could see using it just to do certain parts to give it a more human feel along with programming and using finger pads. I could also see using the sounds from the TimbreTaiko just to demo something.
All good news! As someone else who is 6'3", add my long bachi and I'm hitting the ceiling even if I'm in a low stance, so I get that problem all too well. So I save the big hits for the studio, and work on technique that I'm using the other 90% of the time at home. I also hear you about MIDI - I didn't mention it here, but I spent hours trying to get The KTT to be recognized by my DAW and I don't know if it's the DAW or the KTT or what...and so I stopped trying. Rather spend that time improving technique!
@@TicTacTaiko Mine works, but the pad sets the note length to something incredibly short and that screws up virtual instruments. I've found success in just changing MIDI note length on a clip after I've recorded something. I can work with that if I want to actually write, but I should spend more time learning how to play first. Like I said, niche thing. Super cool anyway, though.
The "Amazon bachi" you mentioned are used for the taiko video game "Taiko no Tatsujin" using a drum controller that looks similar to the kaDON TimbreTaiko.
I use a [Prologix Blackout Practice Pad - VST Extreme Resistance] mounted on a snare stand. The great thing about this pad is the rim for practicing "ka ra".
At the advice of this channel, I've been practicing with western pads and sticks and can say it's serving me well. Practicing the widest swings with full power at home is just not practical for me. I'm 6'3" and my results were sticks/bachi on the ceiling or ceiling fan. I'm still trying to figure out mechanics for those full range-of-motion full power don strokes and have resigned myself to relying on my teachers and the copious amount of drilling in class. That's an environment where I have the real drums and bachi, someone who knows what they're doing, and someone who sees what I can't, especially if I start getting tired and my form falls apart. I'm happy to accept this as a limitation to the pads or home practice in general.
The biggest value I'm getting from the pads is learning my group's repertoire. It's helping me catch up more quickly and be able to play more with the intermediate students. The other thing is raw technique. I'm getting more comfortable with standard middle-of-the-road strikes and rhythms and getting my wrists involved. The teachers are helping me with form overall and hitting hard, but I want to connect the other end of the spectrum and get fine control with my fingers and wrists. Single-stroke rolls, any group of 16ths, etc. It will be different on bachi, but I think these pads will help quite a bit in this area. I've been looking at a few things on youtube, but also playing random groups of 16ths mixed with 8ths using a metronome. 4, 5, 7, 3, triplet.... Whatever. I don't have great coordination and independence between my two hands yet and look forward to figuring that out.
I plan to use the TimbreTaiko for composition or maybe some practice exercises later on, but I think it will be a niche item for me. I planned to use MIDI, but that's going to be more work than I'd anticipated. I could see using it just to do certain parts to give it a more human feel along with programming and using finger pads. I could also see using the sounds from the TimbreTaiko just to demo something.
All good news! As someone else who is 6'3", add my long bachi and I'm hitting the ceiling even if I'm in a low stance, so I get that problem all too well. So I save the big hits for the studio, and work on technique that I'm using the other 90% of the time at home.
I also hear you about MIDI - I didn't mention it here, but I spent hours trying to get The KTT to be recognized by my DAW and I don't know if it's the DAW or the KTT or what...and so I stopped trying. Rather spend that time improving technique!
@@TicTacTaiko Mine works, but the pad sets the note length to something incredibly short and that screws up virtual instruments. I've found success in just changing MIDI note length on a clip after I've recorded something. I can work with that if I want to actually write, but I should spend more time learning how to play first. Like I said, niche thing. Super cool anyway, though.