[sdiy] Electronic drums - Kraftwerk style metal drumsticks....

[Paul Perry]

At 04:12 PM 27/09/03 +0100, Steve Jones wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>What are the pros and cons of using metal sticks and pads to trigger
>drums? I've seen this done by Krawtwerk, but I imagine it lacks a
>realistic drum 'feel'. Could this be improved with conductive rubber?
>
I expect this was only done because at the time there was no alternative to
an actual metal contact.
And the "feel" doesn't come into it (except for the drummer) because, a 
simple metal contact gives no dynamics anyhow.

A conductive rubber pad might be a way to get a variable time delay simply,
if one assumes that hitting the pad harder results in a longer contact time.

For someone who only wnats to LOOK like Kraftwerk, I imagine you could get 
your drumstick plated ;D

paul perry melb australia