Electronic Drum Set

Posted by radicalgeek on Sun 21 December 2014

I wanted to tell you my progress in making the electronic drum set.  The drum pads/cymbals/cowbell is a peizzo element sandwiched between 1/4 inch MDF and foam pad.  The peizzo is wired to a 1/4 inch phono jack.  The drum module was the part that I looked into before starting this project.  Finally found MicroDrum that interfaces with an Arduino and can connect 48 different drums.  It is cheaper then getting a profession drum module that can do 10.  I am just in the middle of making foot pedals for the base drum and the hi-hat pedal that is made out of 1/2 inch MDF, hinge and spring.  The base drum is a peizzo and the hi-hat is a momentary on-switch.

Drum Module

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Toms/Snares

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Cymbals and Cowbell

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