cheap mesh head snare drum- £15

quick cheap drum for your electronic kit costing only you only £15 to make


id like to point out the information for producing these drums is originally from www.edrums.info I'm simply showing my method of producing a cheaper drum that still works the same (only cheaper)

Step 1

First step is your parts.
Youl need:

- 1 tunable hand drum (any size you want) £9
- Window mesh £3
- 1/4 inch jack £2
- Peizo transducer £0.5
- various wire and a means of attachment to your kits frame

Comments

[kevincowell]

do the piezos pick up sound differeces from low to high? (accents)

[doggyd69b]

It also depends on the module, the DM5 (one of the cheaper decent ones) can pick intensity which translates on volume but also on slightly different pitch when hitting harder...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khq-p4LoIi4

I will post more videos with the different sounds that I have programmed and maybe add some other instruments, it gets a little more involved but it's still not too expensive to accomplish.

[allix69]

no the difference in sound is only the pressure or how hard you hit not the sound if that makes sense

[samzaxe]

lol.....inshort... i m too poor to have any d5 device to be attached to homemade e-kit. thats why i m willing to break my keyboard .

[allix69]

it could i think but it wouldnt have any velocity or how hard you hit it control you might as well just press keys :/

[samzaxe]

hey there. dude i have read another tutorial in making a home made edrumkit. the guy used aluminium foil as an extended switch of keyboard(computer's keyboard) and when any of the piece of drum is hit it completes the circuit and the sound is generated from computer......i wana ask that is it posible tht we use peizo transducer as a switch attach it to the specific key of the keyboard and when the relative cymbal or part of drum is hit with stick the sound is generated from any keyboard operated software like EZ drummer.,. please reply.......

[MARIOSCLONE]

I just ordered the stuff to make a whole kit out of these using a DM5 drum module

[allix69]

AWESOME :D email me a pic when your finished id love to see

[MARIOSCLONE]

I've also made cymbals out of an old album of records, by heating them up while rotating them over the stove and pressing the on a real cymbal to create the shape and some rubber and a sensor your done.

[MARIOSCLONE]

I've got mesh heads on 4 10in handrums already and am still waiting for my 12in handrum to come in the mail for the snare. I've also developed a much quicker way to make the mesh heads without sowing. Once you've cut off the original head lay your mesh under the rim and slide it on to the drum shell, flip the drum upside down, and then use hot glue to glue the mesh to the rim. Cut off the excess and tighten it your done. If some of the mesh is pulling thew strengthen it with more hot glue.

[allix69]

nice idea i was going to try something similar if my glue gun was working but the sowing method was a fall back plan. good job hows it coming along so far?

[Bartboy]

Hmmm .... could you clarify how this works as a drum?

[allix69]

you plug it into your kits module and it uses it as a trigger to create sound electronically

[frollard]

its replacing the skin of an electronic drum with window screen.

[Bartboy]

I meant how it picks up the power of how hard you hit it, not what you do. The type of sensors....

[allix69]

the peizo sensor is what detects the pressure

[Bartboy]

So it's pressure? I have seen some electronic drum kits that use laser sensors.

[allix69]

but there expensive hense the name CHEAP on my instructable

[Bartboy]

No... a laser only costs about 2 $

[MARIOSCLONE]

but the module to use the laser sensor is very expensive.

[frollard]

He modified an electronic drum - it already has the sensors in hit.

[cokebottle tuque]

He did not modify an electric drum. He wired up a cheap peizo and a 1/4 inch jack, then placed a piece of foam between the peizo and the drum skin. go re-read step 3.

[frollard]

I stand corrected!