Thu, 19 Mar 2009
That's one lesson learned
Drum lessons are going pretty well still. I am convinced that I'm going to stick with it enough that I do indeed need to practice on something that responds more like a real kit, so I broke down and ordered a midi sequencer through eBay a couple of weeks ago. I finally got it last Saturday, and hooked it up and started playing with it.
The first thing I noticed was that I was in sore need of a true kick pedal. The Ion drum kit comes with a pedal, but it's a high hat pedal, which I also need, but the high hat pedal is really only for stuff that's more advanced anyway. Okay, so I need to price out and eventually buy a new kick pedal, and because a kick pedal by itself is insufficient, a trigger pad for the pedal, so I can actually plug it into my sequencer and have it make a proper boomy noise.
The second thing I noticed is while the frame of the kit is sturdy enough to take a beating, it's not sturdy enough to prevent excessive vibrations from hitting one pad from causing the sequencer to thing that other pads are being hit at the same time. Oh well, the sequencer has a way of actually compensating for that somewhat, but it will take some playing around with the configuration before I fully get that figured out.
Had my third lesson last night. I wore sandals. Not a good idea. I now have a small circular bruise on the top of my foot from where the back of the kick pedal's hammer kept striking me. So there you go. I've learned not to wear sandals while drumming.
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