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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

My Electronic Drum set starting to shape up

Now that I have the right L-Rod’s things looking better. Still awaiting a section of Cymbal mount and using the Roland PD-8 for hi hat at moment. Still have a DM6 Snare I could use as a Fourth Tom since I got a Mesh Snare. I’ve got 2 Pintech TC-10 Cymbal’s, 3 DM6 Tom’s a DM6 Snare, a Nitro Mesh Snare, DMHat Hi Hat pedal and a Simmons Kick Pedal That fires down onto a small pad. Yes the PD-8 and Nitro Mesh Snare are sharing 1 L-Rod in the photo. Not pictured is a Alesis Nitro DM7X Drum Module and the second Pintech Cymbal n mount. Check out our Music (Kwekwe Karu)on Spotify or whichever your favorite Music site is. 

Sunday, February 24, 2019

DIY 60 Cent NOT L Rods for Electronic Drums

DIY 60 Cent NOT L Rods for Electronic Drums someone asked if the wood dowels would snap and so I decided to do this video to show if 3/8” wooden dowels would survive. I’m not really a drummer so some of you may hit like THOR!!!! but I am not exactly dainty and whack on them pretty good. only the 2 Tom’s are using these DIY rods. Please give us a thumbs up if you enjoyed this and subscribe. Thanks for watching.

I can’t imagine folks needing a tutorial on wrapping the dowels but if you would leave comments below.

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Funky Groove created in XDrummer and Garageband

Funky Groove created in XDrummer and Garageband I love that I can record XDrummer into Garageband as well as the fact that I can control the drums in both with my Alesis Electronic Drum set. Didn’t realize till after I’d Recorded this that I could export my playing in XDrummer as a MIDI file tho which will be a big help as well. Please Subscribe and give us a thumbs up. Check out our Music on Spotify or your favorite Music site. Thanks for watching.



Monday, February 18, 2019

Can you trigger iMPC Pro 2 sounds with an Alesis Nitro Drum Module

Can you trigger iMPC Pro 2 sounds with an Alesis Nitro Drum Module in this video we take a quick look into seeing if this is possible please give us a thumbs up and subscribe it truly helps us

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Can you trigger XDrummer on iPad with an Electronic Drumkit?

Can you trigger XDrummer on iPad with an Electronic Drumkit? In this quick video I connect my Alesis Nitro DM7X Drum Module to my iPad and find out for sure. check us out on Spotify or your favorite Music site. Thanks for watching, please consider subscribing.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Should you convert an old Electronic Drum pad to a Mesh Head?

Should you convert an old Electronic Drum pad to a Mesh Head? Rubber pads to Mesh pads on an older Electronic Drum pad can be done but should it is the question I hope to help you with.

Alesis Nitro and Apple iPadPro

Ok folks, as you noticed I’ve been messing with #Alesis Nitro DM7X and Electronic Drum Pads hooked to my #iPadPro. I’m able to play the Acoustic Drum sets in #Garageband. Synth sounds in #AudioKit FM Player. I had issues with the Percussion sounds like #Bongo and #Conga in Garageband. They ARE triggerable too. Happy to say that they simply map to higher #MIDI notes than the Acoustic Drums.

Here’s the list of MIDI Notes for you folks.

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Cowbell - 56
Bongo - 60-61
Conga - 62-66
Maracas - 68-69
Blocks/Claves- 75

Triangle - 80-81 


Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Convert an Alesis HiHat pedal to a beaterless Kick Drum trigger part 2

Convert an Alesis HiHat pedal to a beaterless Kick Drum trigger part 2 converting an inexpensive HiHat pedal into a beaterless Kick pedal for under $20 in under 20 minutes. Checkout DrumzRUs.net which is where I bought mine also EBay, Craigslist and even Facebook Marketplace for deals on these. Happy Drumming thanks for watching.

Friday, February 1, 2019

Alesis Nitro DM7X Drum Module to iPadPro

Now that I realized that setting the #Alesis #Nitro #DM7X module to #MIDI mode it disables the trigger buttons on the module I got #EZDrummer2 to work with it. That’s great but what’s even more AWESOME to me is that if I plug the USB from the Module into the #Apple USB3 to Lightning Adapter then into my #iPadPro it will trigger the sounds in #Garageband, #Cubasis etc etc . Am I happy oh you bet your sweet bippy I am!!!!