Message 14/21
Date: 24-Jul-00 @ 04:56 PM -
RE: Getting a groove
just use a small mic on each drum, if you got two tandy (radio-shak) PZM's, you can remove the plate and you're left with a tiny little mic.. you can fix that with epoxy resin blob inside the drum shell up by the head.
the =cable will trail out.. if you like you can cut the lead, and wire the two parts with a male & female XLR connector to be smart.. otherwqise those tandy PZM's have quite a long thin lead.
ok.. make sure you use 9V pp batteries (see TIPS & TRICKS section for why & how)... ok, then you need a BRAIN unit (which you'd have to buy anyways)... that is where the incoming voltage pulses coming from the mic get translated into midi velocity data, and you set the channel, note number etc... yamaha did an excellent one you can find second hand - those pzm's are like 25-30 quid each in the UK