D_Low wrote:Hi Dmitri, I have been lurking in all the usual eDrum sites for about 2 months now. I am just about to finish my first set. I bought a used alesis DM5 and built some DIY mesh pads. I already see that I would like more triggers than the 12 I have, so I am thinking about building your edrum module. It looks real nice, I love the fact you do not need pots. What a lot of work that saves in mounting alone.
Your project is so new with not many completed units, it worries me as I am a real electronic armature. I see in this thread, you and Synthex discovering glitches and solving them on the fly.
I like the idea of not needing a pic programmer, but what if I build your first circuit and run into the same problems that Synthex did? I would be lost! I have done a lot of soldering and built a few electronic projects succsefully, but I really can not figure much out on my own.
Do you suggest waiting for the pic version and building a programmer? or do you feel Synthex's problem was unusual and I should not have it?
Thanks and great site you have going here. I think the momentum will pick up for popularity. Your DIY drum module is the best I have seen.
BTW I am in mechanical engineering also.
Hi D_Low,
First of all, thanks for appreciation!
You don't need to worry about the problem Synthex had with avr-cdc USB board. MegaDrum is very modular. You can build it without any USB board and use only standard MIDI I/O. In that case you'll just need to power it from a suitable 5V power source. Now, if you want to use MegaDrum over USB but don't want to mess with a PIC programmer you still have an option of using FT232RL based USB board which is fully USB compliant. But if you later decide to build a USB board which Synthex has developed you won't need to change anything except replacing this the the USB board. With Synthex's board and with MegaDrum Controller it'll be a very powerful and versatile Drum to MIDI trigger.
Be one of the first to have built and played MegaDrum!:)
