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Music Lessons and More with ThePatrickRicahrdson

sounds, signals, studies, soul, ETC…

Category: drums(electronic)

Where hitting becomes audio:
piezos, FSRs, MIDI interfacing, control mapping, etc.

Pad expression on live eDrum kit

Posted on 17 Mar 201917 Mar 2019 by thepatrickrichardson

Movitation I’ve been experimenting with playing live electronic drums for a while. For most e-kits that one can buy off… Read more Pad expression on live eDrum kit

Working with drum trigger godfather/innovator Dan Dauz to (try to) improve (one of) his products.

Posted on 31 Jul 20189 Sep 2020 by thepatrickrichardson

Motivation Since 2005-ish, I’ve had a frustrated love-hate relationship with electronic drum pads. This was even part of the passion… Read more Working with drum trigger godfather/innovator Dan Dauz to (try to) improve (one of) his products.

the amazing electronic drum kit of Jim “Mouth” Parole

Posted on 30 Jul 201822 Jun 2019 by thepatrickrichardson

A SoCal performer/comedian shows me his a kit somewhere between overkill and engineering marvel.

MicroSampler becomes a DB-90

Posted on 14 Feb 201823 Oct 2018 by thepatrickrichardson

…some people spend their Sunday “making beats,” I spend mine “making metronomes”

photo album of NEW STAND for The PercussioNeuron

Posted on 18 Jul 201712 Jun 2019 by thepatrickrichardson

PercussioNeuron Motivation: The PercussioNeuron is (presently) an ATA road-case-stye pedalboard by RoadCase USA, containing Trigger IO / Dddrum DTI drum-trigger… Read more photo album of NEW STAND for The PercussioNeuron

Alesis SamplePad Pro: thoughts and application of features

Posted on 16 Feb 201712 Jan 2019 by thepatrickrichardson

Personal experience, feature comparison, and other product-review thoughts on the Alesis SamplePad Pro, the newest (and cheapest) self-contained electronic percussion pad that supports using your your own sound files.

presenting: VIDEO from my AES demo on drum triggers at AiPh

Posted on 23 Nov 201612 Jan 2019 by thepatrickrichardson

Last summer (09/2016), I led a workshop at the Art Institute of Philadelphia on drum triggers, covering: electromechanics of the… Read more presenting: VIDEO from my AES demo on drum triggers at AiPh

initial photos from my Drum Trigger workshop for the AES at AiPh

Posted on 1 Oct 201512 Jan 2019 by thepatrickrichardson

UPDATE: I have subsequently found and uploaded video of this event HERE !   Hey Friends I had the honor,… Read more initial photos from my Drum Trigger workshop for the AES at AiPh

one of my dDrum triggers died, and I was surgeon enough to revive it

Posted on 25 Sep 201512 Jan 2019 by thepatrickrichardson

One of my dDrum brand acoustic drum triggers died, so I performed a simple surgery. Thoughts, photos, and tutorial inside !

The MIDI Pile (V 3.5 ) gets new Elektron-ics !

Posted on 21 Apr 20159 Mar 2020 by thepatrickrichardson

the PILE of rhythm robots has just gotten an upgrade in the drum-machine slot, with the Korg ESX being upgraded to the Elektron Rytm… thoughts and photos inside !

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