kick trigger help

[skinny mulligan]

So I'm in a little bit of a tough situation here...I just recieved my DM5 yesterday (100 bucks from a friend - very sweet deal) and I plan on triggering my kick and running it through the alesis. The only problem is that there is not a single music store in all of Arizona (that I've found) that is carrying Roland Kick triggers right now. They either don't carry them or are out of stock. But I did find a guitar center with a roland tom trigger, and my question is wouldn't that work a lot like a kick trigger? I don't know hardly anything about electronics especially with drums, but it all sounds like its the same principle so what's the differnece between a tom and kick trigger? Thanks guys.

Andy

[skaman]

i wouldnt risk it. buy one online. it'll be the right part and it might be cheaper/

[skinny mulligan]

very true, thats what I was thinking, except that GC price matches and kick triggers are $70 while tom triggers are around $30.

[spindrummer82]

They are different in a physical standpoint but not electronically. Usually the bass drum triggers clip onto bass drum hoops that are 1.5"-2" wide as opposed to toms where the rim is a half inch or so above the head. The bass drum triggers are bigger to reach the head while sitting on the big hoop.

[Silky7483]

Why not make your own? Be creative. You can get the parts for less than $10: piezos and jacks and whatnot.

I'm building my own kit as we speak (only with a D4...you lucky dog...).

Anyway, all I'm sayin is it'd be pretty cheap to DIY...ponder it...ponder it...

[spindrummer82]

I just finished my diy with a D4 and am already wanting to upgrade to the DM5. If you already have the D4 dont sweat as its still a great module with tons of sounds but if not I would really consider trying to find a DM5. The D4 not being velocity sensitive is a bummer.

[letusprey]

Andy,

I used to play on an acoustic/electric kit for years here in Phoenix, layering triggers and mics and anything else I could come up with. I still have my ddrum3, and had a d4 and dm5 for a long time as well. I'm not sure if I can help you with your problem but depending on the trigger mounting system a trigger is a trigger, kinda like a doorbell really. I'm not familiar with Rolands stuff, but I still have a lot of other junk laying around that I'm not using anymore. Since we're both in the same town, might be easy to give you a hand on this one. PM me if you want to try some junk or something.

Kurt

[skinny mulligan]

Thanks for the offer letusprey, and if I wasn't under the time constraint that I was I would have most definitely taken you up on that. I was just looking for a quick fix to not being able to find a kick trigger because I was a little too anxious to test it out at a gig this friday, and of course my anxiousness got the best of me and I just had it 2-dayed to my hosue through samash.com. The whole diy electric kit concept sounds like a cool idea though... can anyone give me a guesstimate on how much a 5 peice would cost to make yourself? Maybe mesh heads or something, like those cool roland v drums I think they are. and would my dm5 work with something like that?

Andy

[spindrummer82]

the dm5 will work with it and I made my 4 piece mesh head set for just under $500 which includes a roland rack and D4.

[skaman]

the dm5 will work with it and I made my 4 piece mesh head set for just under $500 which includes a roland rack and D4.
that is 2 toms kick and snare?

[spindrummer82]

yeah and then 3 cymbals but the cymbals are really ghetto. just pieces of wood with a piezo glued to them and mousepad over that

[conundrum]

I've tried a number of DIY as well as Ddrum Redshots and the Roland BD trigger. Quite honestly, the Roland is the best I've come across. I find it much better than the Redshot on both my Roland TD8 and Ddrum4 modules.

[drum_gnome]

Well correct me if I'm wrong...and I'm often wrong :D But the Roland tom and kick triggers are different also in the way they pick up the signal. The tom triggers i thought got the pick up from the rim itself whereas the kick received from the head. Again this might not make a difference but something to think of.

[skaman]

man gnome your ava is the best!

[drum_gnome]

Why thankyou skaman, anyone know if I'm right about the triggers though?