KVR Audio

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:02 pm

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B19BIO
I got this for $10 plus $5 shipping, it works as a USB joystick. You plug in an actual joystick which has 5 1/8" jacks for a footpedal and the 4 pads. I use it with this plugin that can remap joystick events to midi note-on.

No large sized drum frame to take up space, you could probably wire up some DIY piezos and plug them in as a hub, hook up 2 for a larger kit. Just pads with wires, very touch sensitive which was my main worry, that I'd have to hit them hard(loud). The orange square at the bottom there is the footpedal.

kx.001 · Post by **kx.001** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:07 pm

ohhh that looks quite cool. Not quite so cheap in the UK though (£25) so will be interesting to here how you feel about it in a week or 3.

b4serenity · Post by **b4serenity** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:57 pm

I play BFD Eco etc. on my midi keyboard but I don't know the first thing about these drum pads. Do you just hook up 1 or 2 sets of these and use that program to map it out so the blue one is the snare , the yellow one is the hihat etc?

Could you use the 2nd bass drum pedal as a hi hat open /close pedal instead?

Very intriguing!

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:01 pm

The pads and also the footpedal send joystick button events, I use a Synthedit plugin to convert those to any note-on. As far as opening a hi-hat, I don't have any experience using software that even does that, but easily you could reroute a footpedal to a CC instead of a note-on and do it.

You'd need an extra footpedal, or a 2nd one of these units connected.

My ten dollar USB drumkit