Where Are The Electronic Drum Mutes?

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I honestly think there's more of a market for it now then there used to be. Full sized e-kits are definitely the rage now and I think a simple conversion system for a full acoustic kit would be a good idea. Though making silicone or mesh pads that go over drums is probably the easy part, making a companion module takes a lot more R&D and money which is what kills the concept.

Justin, speaking of “conversions”, How about a Future Video Topic on Zildjian & DW and the utility (or not!) of their hybrid kits? Another channel did a vid on the conversion time of the DW kit and it was about 45 minutes. I DON’T see a customer for this.

Justin…I like your honest to the point on your eDrum reviews! Bravo! Thanks for the excellent video!

i find this product category very interesting. a lot of drummers already have an acoustic kit. to be able to easily convert it to electronic is appealing to me. i don't think it needs to be a full turnkey solution (pads/module/cymbals) - i'd be tempted to buy this style of drum pads if i knew they triggered well, played well, worked with a variety of modules, and were reasonably priced. i would like the flexibility to pick out a module or midi interface (ie. edrumin10) and cymbals separately. i think yamaha should take a stab at this with their tcs technology. the snare would feel more snare like than rubber and maybe would have positional sensing. the toms would feel more tom-like and hopefully be 2 zone

make a mesh head clip-on system like the RTOMS, with clip-on rubber covers for the cymbals. Make them light and easy to install, and give them positional sensing. Charge under $1000 for the whole set.

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The Aquarian OnHeads use FSR, which triggers perfectly. The connectors etc were too flimsy tho.

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Great overview as always. I would love to see Efnote rule in this space. It would be a good next step for them in product development because they already focus on acoustic kits in their modules. I own an Efnote 7 which is an amazing kit. And I do think that if you are using it solely as an electric kit, the current Efnote products are and would be probably better. But if you could plug and play with any Efnote module and cymbals on a set-up like this, I think they'd expand their market substantially.

Hahahaha I spent 6 weeks in the US March/April 1995, trying to secure second stage funding for the Reprecussion brand of this exact product. The main conversion pad was called the Acoustik, and a multi-zone (6) snare conversion, funnily called the Multipad (!). The patents were applied for in Australia in 1994, so many of these "new" products come from lapsed patent searches from Repercussion, and certainly others. I had a VHS video go "missing" in transit, 8 months later something remarkably similar surfaces. Such is the life of inadequately funded entrepreneurs!! I still have the Multipad prototype to this day. Not bitter, I did have a lot of fun, but I think we made a risk assessment mistake - I agree, this was/is an "in-between" category - essentially e-drum practice. Cheers.

You really should make your own drum accessories

I agree that the TD-17 kits are always lurking there. You sell any conversion kit or pad set or anything like that and as soon as it starts creeping up in price it's like for a little more instead of messing with my acoustic kit I can just set up an ekit at home and it'll be a smaller footprint and ready to play all the time.

I had a Yamaha set a few years ago, all the triggers were rubber but they worked well. I got rid of it for a few reasons, 1. no rim shot, 2. the module had a bad battery after 2-3 years and to replace it you had to take apart the entire module. That left me with just the default kits unless I wanted to leave it on all the time or set up the user kits each time I wanted to play. Still, the triggers were better than the ones I have now which was one of the cheaper set on Amazon. You really have to whack the cymbals to get them to work, the kick pedal misses a lot. If you do get a lower priced e-drum kit make sure it has a beater kick pedal hitting a pad trigger.

Your comment about finding middle ground with the module was one of the reasons I ended up going with a Crimson 2 SE kit a few years ago. I use EZD3 anyway, so all i needed for the module was MIDI output & standard mapping(although there is the notorious hi hat note mapping issue, but easy enough to workaround), and the kit itself has decent enough triggering, nice feeling mesh, etc. Wish i could get confirmation from Jobeky about whether their LV metal hats work with the Crimson 2 module, but that's another story lol edit: Just adding to this, I made my initial leap into edrums from acoustic kits with the purchase of that Crimson 2 kit, and had been mulling whether to just cobble together one of these trigger/pad setups, convert my acoustic kit shells entirely, or just buy a full edrum kit. I ended up going with a hybrid of the last two, and converted my kick,snare and floor tom with Jobeky triggers and mesh heads(and then remapped the stock snare to be an additional tom). I'm maxed out on aux inputs at this point(kick, snare, 4 toms, hats, 2 crash & 1 ride), but I'm pretty happy with what i ended up with(and for <$2k, even incl EZD). 😊

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Great subject!! I would absolutely purchase a good electronic mute set that would be compactable with my drum module (running superior drummer)

Awesome stuff, I actually love this little concept. If these pads were wireless they would be super convenient for practicing rudiments etc in a more fun manner. Or build your own little edrum kit out of old cheap acoustic shells. They seem like a convenience to have but without the actual convenience some how lol. Being able to quick swap these to switch between acoustic and electronic would be great, but it doesn't really provide a solution for cymbals. So it's easier to just stick with a more permanent style of a setup.

Is that Joey Jordison @6:13? Anyway, wonderful vid Justin AS ALWAYS. Love the history lesson. I'm really excited about the future of electronic drumming. I have set up my own A to E set and always looking for upgrades!