Pros and Cons of full DIY Megadrum

Discussions related to MegaDrum Hardware

Pros and Cons of full DIY Megadrum

Postby chuckytuh » Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:56 pm

First of all I'm not here to contest dmitri's work, honestly I believe this project is incredible and what you've done to the edrum diyers is amazing! Thank you!

I've been reading and searching about minipcs based on arm microprocessors, some based on android and some based on Linux, accordingly MK808 and iMX233.

The later one seems like a cool start for a project like the one you have here and with the recent updates on megadrum with the ARM microprocessor a question arises on my head, what are the benefits of building your entire schematic based on an arm micro instead of using one of the pre-built "minipcs" that have a lot more processor power and opens the door for some cool stuff like video output and integrated usb?
chuckytuh
 
Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:14 am

Re: Pros and Cons of full DIY Megadrum

Postby angr77 » Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:31 pm

Dmitri should comment this - but he is away for a couple of days.

There have been discussions about this on the following thread regarding the new ARM based MegaDRUM.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2079&p=22929#p22929

Best regards

Angr77
Sonor, Drum-Tec heads, Roland CY14, CY12&15R, 2x BT-1 & VH11, 12, 13, Triggera D11, 2xD14, Pintech Dingbat, Letric Moo, Quartz triggers, 2xARM based MegaDRUM, PS Board, M-Audio FT Ultra 8R, Addictive Drums 2.1.6, Surface Pro 5 http://zourman.com
angr77
 
Posts: 622
Joined: Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:42 pm
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Re: Pros and Cons of full DIY Megadrum

Postby dmitri » Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:04 pm

These boards will still need an addons for MegaDrum functionality so they don't have any advantage.
dmitri
Site Admin
 
Posts: 8709
Joined: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:05 pm

Re: Pros and Cons of full DIY Megadrum

Postby chuckytuh » Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:28 pm

dmitri wrote:These boards will still need an addons for MegaDrum functionality so they don't have any advantage.

Thats correct but they do have GPIO and, well, linux running on it. Maybe some advanced version of megadrum with a touch LCD and audio playback, that would be neat :P
chuckytuh
 
Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:14 am

Re: Pros and Cons of full DIY Megadrum

Postby chuckytuh » Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:19 pm

angr77 wrote:Dmitri should comment this - but he is away for a couple of days.

There have been discussions about this on the following thread regarding the new ARM based MegaDRUM.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2079&p=22929#p22929

Best regards

Angr77


Thanks for the reply, I must admit that by the time I found the iMX233 I rushed here and posted this and didn't actually read/search the forum about similar threads. The questions I've asked were answered by dmitri on that thread so I believe this post can be closed.
chuckytuh
 
Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:14 am


Return to MegaDrum Hardware

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], Google [Bot] and 94 guests