Dear microDrummers, my work goes, I’m currently working on several aspects simultaneously.

-New version of ConfigTool for OsX. This version will be released initially in a simplified form and only after I will add the extras including support for VST.

-In the version of Mac ConfigTool I’m also working on an interesting option that allows you to export on the iPhone/iPad the DKIT/DSND sounds libraries. Then I’ll do the same thing for the VST.

-New Interface for iPad / iPhone. Among you there is someone who has pictures (or rendering) of the individual parts of a drum set?

-Plexiglas box. What you see in the picture is a prototype to see if the measurements are correct, the final version should be done using only a few joints and screws.

Obviously I’m also working on other little things, on the compatibility with Arduino DUE, etc. …For example I would like to build a MIDI Router using Arduino ….

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For this new video I used the Medeli dd506 linking it to microDrum and a MacBook Air with Addictive Drums.

There are many ways to make use of electronics in a HH and HH-pedal. In my opinion the best way is to send a Control Change (CC) with a value between 0-127 that indicates the degree of openness of the pedal. In this way any VST (like Addictive Drums) knows exactly the degree of openness and depending on how the cymbal gets shot  (bow, edge, etc. ..) generates the appropriate sound. Also according to the rate of change of the CC decides whether to generate a foot close or a foot splash.
This option is fully supported by microDRUM.
Unfortunately, this option is not supported by all VST, some want to receive a different note for each degree of opening of the pedal. To meet those who do not have a VST that supports the CC I started the development of both methods.

In the screenshot you can see how the close HH is set to a note C#2,  a note A2 when it is open and 4 intermediate values (A,B,C,D). In my case the total values are only 3 because my pedal supports only 3 stages.

A few days ago I created   Tested VSTs Page . On this page I list the VST that work directly with my software. In addition to commercial VST, I’m discovering that the SFZ files work well. On the page I added a player free, some sample packs and their mappings SFZ. If you have any proposals …

Eccoci alla versione 0.2 (Download) sono state introdotte numerose novità prima fra tutte la possibilità di caricare un VST (anche se con alcune limitazioni).

Comincia a farsi sentire l’esigenza di un manualetto … ma magari rinviamo alla versione 1.0, fino ad allora se ci sono domande potete farle nei commenti.

Nella sezione Download ho aggiornato la PCB principale. Nessuna modifica importante ho solo reso più spesse le piste e le ho disposte in modo da rendere più facile una realizzazione casalinga. Ho aggiunto un file con la disposizione dei componenti.

Per quanto riguarda l’hardware sto lavorando sullo schema tra connettori e jack, saranno solo fili esclusa una resistenza che è necessaria per collegare il pedale del hh.

Invece per il software ho introdotto la possibilità di caricare un vst direttamente dal software μDrum, lo sto ancora testando ma se la cosa dovesse andare bene si potrebbe suonare con la microDRUM senza bisogno del MIDI-Usb.