You guys must think I am SO rude! I forgot to introduce myself when I joined this forum and just started posting away.
Hi, I'm Jeremy, from Montana. Yes, that's in the US, not Canada (I actually got asked that once.) I have been playing e-drums for as long as I remember. I was in high school when I traded 1/2 of my Lars Ulrich-style 9 pc. Tama kit for a Roland SPD8. My first Alesis experience was when I was in college. I got a used D4, 3 used Visulites, a Yamaha kick tower, and built my own drum pads out of Remo practice pads and Radio Shack parts. It was ugly but worked great! I also had a DM-Pro when they were new, and used SoundBridge to sample my own drums. I did multilayered samples with 4 velocities per drum; it was pretty darn cool at the time, but MAN that card filled up fast! All I got on there were my 6 drums, 4 samples each, not even a cymbal. But still pretty hi tech in the 90s!
Currently these are my setups (electronic setups, anyway):
-Zendrum ZX4 and Zendrum LT4. I have been playing Zendrums since '97 and it's my main e-axe. LOVE it to death, you guys need to get one!
-TrapKat XL. if I'm gonna play with sticks, this thing is just amazing. I love it for jazz gigs. The new neoprene pads are ultra-quiet and the portability factor is awesome.
-I also have a cobbled-together Roland pad setup: the pads from a complete TD-7 Turbo kit (4 PD7, 4 PD9, FD7, KD7). I have the TD7 Turbo module too, but it's kinda old... I have the rack from a TD3 kit, and the cymbals from a TD4 kit (5 CY-8s and a CY-5 for HH). It's a pretty cool kit; I should put up some pics. I am using my DM10 as its module, and soon will be experimenting with adding a TMC-6 to hopefully get dual-zone HH and vel-sensitive rims and chokes.
My best module setup is going into my MacBook Pro with BFD2, which is SO stellar.. but a pain in the @$$ for gigging. The DM10 is pretty darn handy!
For amplifiaction, I use 2 rigs: for small gigs I use the Simmons DA200S with a Rolls EQ. For bigger gigs I use one or two Bose L1 towers, with 2 subs each.
I also use lots of acoustic drums, but I'll save that for another forum...
Anyway, I would love to talk midi or e-drums (or acoustic drums) with anybody. I'm admittedly very nerdy about this subject and love to talk nuts-n-bolts. I would love to help a midi-brother in need, and will also need some info and advice myself! Speaking of that, I have this rash...
Thanks for reading this very... ummm...
scintillating post.
Jer