Comments on: Tapdrum — a DIY kit http://www.deviantsynth.com/2008/05/22/tapdrum-a-diy-kit/ Analogue Heaven is poison. We are the antidote. XD Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:07:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: jfm3 http://www.deviantsynth.com/2008/05/22/tapdrum-a-diy-kit/#comment-230 jfm3 Fri, 23 May 2008 05:14:02 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=161#comment-230 I was going to build something similar like 10 years ago, but once I figured in the time and aggravation it would take for me to complete the project I decided to just bite the bullet and buy a Zendrum. But yeah, piezos wrapped in quick-dry epoxy and cut up mouse pads, stuck to a 2x4, that's an awesome way to go. I'd worry a little about chaining controllers together over MIDI. You're probably introducing about 1-2ms of latency per hop. It would be great to find a DIY kit that would make 24 piezos do MIDI in some basically programmable way, powered by batteries. I think PAiA has something, but I'm not sure how much power it needs, or how programmable it is. It would be kind of funny to see a 2x4 with 12 big pads on it all wired up with a big ass snake to an old Alesis D4. That'd be pretty cheap too. I was going to build something similar like 10 years ago, but once I figured in the time and aggravation it would take for me to complete the project I decided to just bite the bullet and buy a Zendrum. But yeah, piezos wrapped in quick-dry epoxy and cut up mouse pads, stuck to a 2×4, that’s an awesome way to go.

I’d worry a little about chaining controllers together over MIDI. You’re probably introducing about 1-2ms of latency per hop. It would be great to find a DIY kit that would make 24 piezos do MIDI in some basically programmable way, powered by batteries. I think PAiA has something, but I’m not sure how much power it needs, or how programmable it is.

It would be kind of funny to see a 2×4 with 12 big pads on it all wired up with a big ass snake to an old Alesis D4. That’d be pretty cheap too.

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