Build The DIY Percussion Pads

Fast, Easy, and you save more than $70 per pad by building it yourself!

[@brodafin]

The material is more rigid than you might think...it keeps the stick-hit noise down but responds pretty well. It responds just about the same as my commercial edrum set,

[@brodafin]

Pretty much. I connected the output of the pads directly to the "brain" of one of those inexpensive drum kits and it worked great.

[@brodafin]

Hi. The piezo elements create a trigger signal. Your software (ProTools), or your keyboard need MIDI signals. So, you need a trigger to MIDI interface, like the Alesis Trigger IO. This is the case for any edrum pads. If you don't have one, you need to either get one, or consider getting an edrum kit that includes a controller that outputs both audio and MIDI.

[@brodafin]

I used those interlocking floor mats, the kind that are used in kids' rooms or basements or garages. You can find them at your local big box store (Home Depot, Walmart, Target, etc.).

[@brodafin]

I use those mats you put on the floor of your garage or workout area. They usually come in 2' x 2' squares.

[@brodafin]

Search for "puzzle floor mat". You can probably pick some up at your local big box store, or pick up a single 2 x 2 foot tile at a local garage sale.

[@brodafin]

I wish I had his money!

[@brodafin]

Check out the video again.

[@CelluloidHoax]

can you make these pads and then make an acoustic drum casing around it so it'll look like you're playing an acoustic set?

[@jamessaldana2022]

Great Thank You and God Bless U !!!

[@gordionthrash]

very nice
aguante peron!

[@MatthewMusician]

Relly AWESOME!

[@ionut.666]

what material are the pads made of?

[@vahnrondel]

nice DIY there... how bout for snare with rim trigger? please help...

[@rodrigomartinelli741]

Hi ! is it possible to use the piezo signal as a switch ? kind of like a keystroke on your pc keyboard ?

[@Fenixmaiden666]

you sound like stan lee ! WIN !

[@ryab1817]

Hello brodafin... I have 12 Piezos and I own a ( Yamaha DD55 that has been modified with 7 triggers input) it acts like any drums module. I tried it before with a trigger pad and worked fine. I wanted to make like those pads in your video. The guy who sold me the piezos said that they are 20mm and they are transducers and are good for drums trigger. i like your video and would need some advice. thanks

[@mikeytrix1]

so once you make the pad it can be hooked to any drum module/brain and work?

[@uberjoshy]

What material do you use for the pad?

[@DIYDrumElektrikArduino]

Great..

[@josianodias5795]

what materials you used to build the DIY dish?

[@brianvan67]

where do you get the rubber?

[@TheSpanky15360]

What is the name of gray material ?

[@hamptondouglas]

What material is the drum pad made of??

[@simonenascivera8114]

I want to know it too

[@AndresPaloGonzalez]

Geed.
¡¡¡Lo pide la gente, vamos BINNER, presidente!!!

[@user-eg3ef7cs8x]

why not sodder the piezo element directly to you 1/4 in jack?

[@user-eg3ef7cs8x]

solder*

[@brodafin]

+Quevon Wallace The leads on my piezos were too short.

[@user-eg3ef7cs8x]

Also, I don't have a soldering iron, do you have any tips?

[@user-eg3ef7cs8x]

This video is awesome by the way. I'm def gonna make my own now instead of buying one

[@brodafin]

+Quevon Wallace Best to get an inexpensive one; soldering is the best way to electrically connect things together.

[@goodnight517]

you sound like stan lee

[@javo_roma]

I like the "how to" but, really?, no test?

[@digisphere5642]

you don't say what the pad is made from.

[@brodafin]

Hey Ryan, the piezos you mentioned sound like they'd work. You can always correspond thru email at [e-mail].

[@JohnEEADBL]

Can you say "pie" "ee" "zoh". Pi + e +zo.