Tag: PercussioNeuron
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Pad expression on live eDrum kit
Movitation I’ve been experimenting with playing live electronic drums for a while. For most e-kits that one can buy off the sales floor, I find there is limited expression for controlling the sounds while playing them, beyond using the dynamics of your hits to control volume, tonality, or switch between samples. I found myself wanting…
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REPAIR: pads and switches on MPC1000 for The PercussioNeuron.
Motivation: As you may know, I plug drum triggers into a MIDI sound module in an elecronic-drum-accessory (to my acoustic kit) called The PercussioNeuron. Presently, the sound-module is an AKAI MPC1000, sampler/MIDI-sequencer/etc. Great unit, but one day, I noticed my MPC1000 was giving me some trouble. Some buttons would false-trigger each other, some were unresponsive,…
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photo album of NEW STAND for The PercussioNeuron
PercussioNeuron Motivation: The PercussioNeuron is (presently) an ATA road-case-stye pedalboard by RoadCase USA, containing Trigger IO / Dddrum DTI drum-trigger to MIDI interface Akai MPC1000 sampler, acting as sound module Korg KP-2 Kaoss pad: touch-controlled FX processor that allow me to control effects and sampling on e-drum sound(s) of my choice using the big touch…
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initial photos from my Drum Trigger workshop for the AES at AiPh
UPDATE: I have subsequently found and uploaded video of this event HERE ! Hey Friends I had the honor, privilege, and joy of presenting to the Art Institute of Philadelphia Audio Department‘s student-run group in the Philadelphia chapter of the Audio Engineering Society. I presented on a topic very close to my heart, my…
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one of my dDrum triggers died, and I was surgeon enough to revive it
One of my dDrum brand acoustic drum triggers died, so I performed a simple surgery. Thoughts, photos, and tutorial inside !
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The PercussioNeuron 3.2 is growing up enough to require a high-chair
Motivation: I’ve spent many months learning how to use the MPC fully as if I’d play it directly with my hands. I’m controlling it less directly with my drumkit, mostly via MIDI, and I’m struggling to effectively exploit all its conncections. Here we review some of the finer points of how I’ve adapted it…
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An evolutionary history the “PercussioNeuron” of electronic drum technology for my acoustic drum kit; versions 1 thru 3.2
I’ve made a lot of changes (and purchases) in my work to merge “human drummer” and “drum machine”. Here is a photo-writeup of the technology (drum triggers, sound modules, effects) that I’ve used (so far)…