New type of triggers for A2E conversions
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:10 am
Hello everyone, Tom from France here
I just ordered an eDrum-in 10 for the purpose of improving my new business. I'm an experienced aerospace engineer, but drumming was first. Aerospace isn't well right now, and won't get any better soon, so I designed and developed my own trigger system. It was initially for my own use but after being advised by friends I'm now launching a small business out of this.
For the moment my products are only available in Europe, but if there's an interest from people anywhere else and in the US in particular I guess I could find a way to ship there
As we're in a DIY forum, I will explain my design. I began with old Roland RT10 triggers more than 10 years ago, and at the time they were great. Then I started playing around with newer Roland V-Drums sets, and better triggering systems, and my RT10s suddenly became junk.
As a drummer I quite liked the center-piezo systems available on the market, mostly cross-bar, for their homogeneous sensing, but as an engineer there were a few issues to me:
- heavy, complex and expensive
- rigid structure needing the use of a dense memory foam cones, the same type as those which wore out pretty quick on my RT10s.
To solve this, I designed a semi-elastic structure, 3D-printed in PLA+carbon fiber, which printing profile and walls thickness depending on the drum size ensure that the sensor is always in contact with the head but that it can withstand shocks and fatigue. Besides that, because it's slightly elastic, I could use very light and highly resilient foams that I expect to last forever.
I think it makes it the lightest, easiest and possibly cheapest A2E conversion I ever saw. Performance is in line with all the cross-bar systems. The design principle is being patented, and I plan on reusing it to trigger cymbals as well in the near future.
You can check out all this at http://www.ovaldrums.com if interested. The website is in construction but it shows enough to understand. There's a Facebook page as well at http://www.facebook.com/ovaldrums, though it's all French for now (but I think FB translates it).
The reason I bought an eDrum-in 10 is the software showing the shape of the trigger signal that I will be able to use to further improve my upcoming designs. The initial development was made with a TD-9, an Alesis IO and an oscilloscope, but I expect the eDrum-in to gather all this in a single box and I'm really looking forward to receiving it. Furthermore, it seems to me that Robert Jonkman started his business in a similar way as what I'm going through right now so I really wanted to support this
I'm not here to sell anything as I don't ship to the US (yet), but willing to gather your reactions and discussions
Thanks !
I just ordered an eDrum-in 10 for the purpose of improving my new business. I'm an experienced aerospace engineer, but drumming was first. Aerospace isn't well right now, and won't get any better soon, so I designed and developed my own trigger system. It was initially for my own use but after being advised by friends I'm now launching a small business out of this.
For the moment my products are only available in Europe, but if there's an interest from people anywhere else and in the US in particular I guess I could find a way to ship there
As we're in a DIY forum, I will explain my design. I began with old Roland RT10 triggers more than 10 years ago, and at the time they were great. Then I started playing around with newer Roland V-Drums sets, and better triggering systems, and my RT10s suddenly became junk.
As a drummer I quite liked the center-piezo systems available on the market, mostly cross-bar, for their homogeneous sensing, but as an engineer there were a few issues to me:
- heavy, complex and expensive
- rigid structure needing the use of a dense memory foam cones, the same type as those which wore out pretty quick on my RT10s.
To solve this, I designed a semi-elastic structure, 3D-printed in PLA+carbon fiber, which printing profile and walls thickness depending on the drum size ensure that the sensor is always in contact with the head but that it can withstand shocks and fatigue. Besides that, because it's slightly elastic, I could use very light and highly resilient foams that I expect to last forever.
I think it makes it the lightest, easiest and possibly cheapest A2E conversion I ever saw. Performance is in line with all the cross-bar systems. The design principle is being patented, and I plan on reusing it to trigger cymbals as well in the near future.
You can check out all this at http://www.ovaldrums.com if interested. The website is in construction but it shows enough to understand. There's a Facebook page as well at http://www.facebook.com/ovaldrums, though it's all French for now (but I think FB translates it).
The reason I bought an eDrum-in 10 is the software showing the shape of the trigger signal that I will be able to use to further improve my upcoming designs. The initial development was made with a TD-9, an Alesis IO and an oscilloscope, but I expect the eDrum-in to gather all this in a single box and I'm really looking forward to receiving it. Furthermore, it seems to me that Robert Jonkman started his business in a similar way as what I'm going through right now so I really wanted to support this
I'm not here to sell anything as I don't ship to the US (yet), but willing to gather your reactions and discussions
Thanks !