Why is drum module X ...

[dmitri]

I lost sleep and appetite developing MegaDrum and due to exhaustion I've been loosing sense of reality. And this is why I'm asking this question:

Why is drum module X better than MegaDrum?

Here are some examples.

Roland modules.
1. Available to buy from a shelf.
2. Large army of followers.
3. Built in sounds.
4. Positional sensing on snare and ride (only TD-12 and TD-20?).
5. ??

Admir's Edrum (http://www.edrum.info)
1. Large army of followers.
2. ??

Yamaha modules.
1. Available to buy from a shelf.
2. Large army of followers.
3. Built in sounds.
4. ??

Zendrum kits.
1. Available to buy from a shelf.
2. Large army of followers.
3. Built in sounds.
4. Very, very cheap.
5. ??

Others?

I hope I'll be able to use your replies for further MegaDrum development and improving my appetite.

[slayer666]

I think you are missing one point. I built both megadrum and admirs edrum because they both are diy. I cant say my drumkit and modules were cheap, but the journey was and still is alot of fun. When I finished the megadrum i started working on the triggers and the settings of the megadrum. And now it's a very capable box with pro features. One last thing you can add to the megadrum list is fast support. Bugs get sorted very quickly.

[dmitri]

I think you are missing one point. I built both megadrum and admirs edrum because they both are diy. I cant say my drumkit and modules were cheap, but the journey was and still is alot of fun. When I finished the megadrum i started working on the triggers and the settings of the megadrum. And now it's a very capable box with pro features. One last thing you can add to the megadrum list is fast support. Bugs get sorted very quickly.

I'm not trying to find where the module X is worse than MegaDrum. I'm trying to find what MegaDrum lacks. Also I wasn't trying to find out if modules are equals in something. So, if both Edrum and MegaDrum give fun/satisfaction in DIYing, I don't expect DIY listed as why Edrum is better. On the other hand, if DIY with Edrum gives more fun, then please list it as why Edrum is better:)

[Synthex]

Zendrum kits.
1. Available to buy from a shelf.
2. Large army of followers.
3. Built in sounds.
4. Very, very cheap.
5. ??

Zendrum is very expensive (between $999 and $1700) and there is no built in sounds ...

[Synthex]

Positional sensing will be very good for Megadrum !

[dmitri]

Zendrum kits.
1. Available to buy from a shelf.
2. Large army of followers.
3. Built in sounds.
4. Very, very cheap.
5. ??

Zendrum is very expensive (between $999 and $1700) and there is no built in sounds ...

My bad. I was mislead by this thread: Megalame

[Synthex]

Roland modules.
1. Available to buy from a shelf.
2. Large army of followers.
3. Built in sounds.
4. Positional sensing on snare and ride (only TD-12 and TD-20?).
5. ??

Admir's Edrum kits.
1. Large army of followers.
2. Old technology (PIC 16F, no USB, ...).
3. Manual pot for each channel.
4. ??

Yamaha modules.
1. Available to buy from a shelf.
2. Large army of followers.
3. Built in sounds.
4. ??

Zendrum kits.
1. Available to buy from a shelf.
2. No built in sounds.
3. Very expensive.
4. ??

Megadrum kits.
1. Available to buy in kit.
2. Army of followers (more and more each day).
3. Cheap.
4. No pots, Full USB and MIDI, more inputs (compared to Edrum).
5. Can be controlled and update by a computer.
5. ??

[elrules]

Positional sensing on snare would be an ass-kicking feature. It is one of megadrum lacks (in comparison with td-20)

Now that BFD 2.0 has been released (and available through rapidshare anbd torrent ) and it has positional sensing snare, that would be a great new feature.

[gastric]

Roland, Yamaha, Alesis are superior in that they don't require you to build it. Clearly the MegaDrum is only for hardcore DYI'ers. I still haven't decided if I'm in that category yet.

Beyond that the rest of the differences are extremely minor in comparison. I would think for many the name brand and factory warranty hold a significant amount of weight.

And I don't actually think you should necessarily compare MegaDrum to most of the other modules as they DO have built in sounds. And that's likely a requirement for a largely significant portion of the e-drum user base. I'm only immediately aware of the Alesis Trigger IO and older Roland (R7? cant recall specific model) that are completely soundless.

[ignotus]

Roland, Yamaha, Alesis are superior in that they don't require you to build it.

Superior? As far as I'm concerned, I built megadrum because it's DIY, not in spite of it. I think half the fun here is actually building it and getting it to work - the "rush" of going to a store and spending $$$$$ on a roland (or whatever module) will NEVER come close to the pleasure of building one and watching it work - given you like doing this kind of thing, though you don't have to be a hardcore DIY-er. If you don't, and you just want to have a working module easy and fast, then this might not be for you, though Synthex's kits nake this as easy as it gets; if you put your mind to it you don't need any electronics knowledge at all. As for sounds... a laptop can beat the hell out of any drum module out there producing realistic sounds, and the possibilities are practically limitless.
Warranty? I don't need to send my module anywhere and wait for weeks for someone to fix it for me and maybe have to dish out a load of money because the warranty's expired. I do it myself.