So far building of 3 toms, and 1 snare are build, all with piezo for head and rim. (For the people interested, I could come up with some photos?)
I build the drums using 2, 35mm piezos and a Neutrik 6.3mm stereo jack (female) through the air vent hole, all wired Yamaha-style.
Now I need to configure/setup the drums, starting with the snare.
I have read/searched the forum around on the proper way of setting up the head/rim on a meshhead drum.
Although I found lot of information, I could not find any step-by-step guide on how to get the most out of the drum.
The only guideline I found was this:
1. AltFalseTrSupp must be set to No (default) and HighLevel must be set correctly for the pad and the pad must not be too "hot' or it must be "cooled".
2. Set MinScan to ~40
3. Set Curve to Linear.
4. Set Threshold to 80 (yes 80, it will be lowered later).
5. Set Retrigger to 1.
6. Set DynLevel to 15 and DynTime to 60
Once it is set like this you should not get any "after hit" false notes. Obviously fast rolls will be missing hits with these settings.
After that, making a single strong hit at a time, start to reduce DynLevel and monitor MIDI Log.
Reduce DynLevel until false notes start to appear.
At this step raise DynLevel by 1 or 2.
Now start reducing DynTime until false notes start to appear.
At this step raise DynTime by 1 or 2 steps.
Now start reducing Threshold until false notes start to appear. Every time false notes start to appear increase DynTime. Don't reduce Threshold too much otherwise you won't be able to get rid of low velocity false notes.
At the end you should get the best balance between false notes suppression and good fast rolls. Of course you will want to change the Curve to your liking after that.
But in another threat I saw that the "HighLevel" should be set first by ticking "HighLevel Auto", banging the drum a few times pretty hard, untick "HighLevel Auto" and "Get" the pad settings to come up with a proper "HighLevel" value.
Now, what needs to be done more to get the most out of your meshhead drums using the MDI?
Once I have a complete guide on configuring head AND rim for a meshhead using MD, I'll post a summary which could be a sticky for newbies like myself. It is _really_ needed.
I hope people could join me in this threat and help me, and other new MD-users to get the most out of the drums.