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I own a drum set but can't play it in my apartment because of noise. I just bought some rubber pads for my drums and now I can play them here...It's great because I really need the practice.
I'm finding that since they don't sound accurate, I don't enjoy it as much and I know this will keep me from practicing.
I've done a little bit of research into setting up a triggering system which I can use for practice, and then I might as well use for recording as well. Fruity loops is great, but I'd rather "play" then enter patterns by mouse.
First....I'm seeing that I need to buy a module of some sort. I looked at the alesis dm5 and on ebay the prices are affordable. How exactly does this work? I've read the sounds in it are pretty good, but I'd probably like to use my own sounds. I could record them in protools and then use sound replacer to go through each track but that seams like a waste.
Can I use my own sounds with this module? I assume I could send midi out of the dm5 to a sampler program (like fruity loops)
Secondly...Triggers themselves..I read the articles on buying buzzer's from radio shack...I can handle that no problem, but will they have any sort of dynamics? Will these triggers work if I fit them under the rubber pads that now are ontop of my acoustic drums, or am I better off buying or building new pads?
If there's any other similar modules I can get used for under $200 please let me know.
I'm finding that since they don't sound accurate, I don't enjoy it as much and I know this will keep me from practicing.
I've done a little bit of research into setting up a triggering system which I can use for practice, and then I might as well use for recording as well. Fruity loops is great, but I'd rather "play" then enter patterns by mouse.
First....I'm seeing that I need to buy a module of some sort. I looked at the alesis dm5 and on ebay the prices are affordable. How exactly does this work? I've read the sounds in it are pretty good, but I'd probably like to use my own sounds. I could record them in protools and then use sound replacer to go through each track but that seams like a waste.
Can I use my own sounds with this module? I assume I could send midi out of the dm5 to a sampler program (like fruity loops)
Secondly...Triggers themselves..I read the articles on buying buzzer's from radio shack...I can handle that no problem, but will they have any sort of dynamics? Will these triggers work if I fit them under the rubber pads that now are ontop of my acoustic drums, or am I better off buying or building new pads?
If there's any other similar modules I can get used for under $200 please let me know.