Roland TD-7 MIDI Drum Sound Module
980Here's something a bit different for MIDI equipment, a dedicated Roland Drum Module!
I ended up liking this thing more than I thought I would. I figured I would end up leaving it on a shelf most of the time after the video but I think integrating it into the MIDI stack for games makes sense. But I also realize not everything is going to benefit from it.
I don't think I'll ever get to realize it's capabilities as a drum controller since the pads are so expensive. The Rockband drum pads here "work", but I really can't stress enough that they aren't usable because of the small area of sensitivity. Like I said in the video, they really only respond correctly in a space about the size of a dime. It's possible that the other drum kits they made, especially the later Guitar Hero sets with cymbals, may be more sensitive. If I see one of those for cheap at a thrift store I may grab it and make a part two of making a toy drum kit real. I will have to get a real drum pedal and probably mount one of the portable drum pads on a board to make it work.
Here are the recordings on the second channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t29Xeb4KsOs&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfQDLBT2YlI&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRKnP4V5-Y&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOnmwXmZP_k&feature=youtu.be
These weren't meant to be high end recordings of the music, it's just a mic up to the speaker. I was able to make them though with almost no additional effort so I thought I would.
Playlists of more stuff like this:
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJVwF78cppBjduqRUC277hWWSlXQNrxJs
1990s: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJVwF78cppBgFZG7xmmvAeerrjv1jiCvM
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