Slim of the Titans!

[LelandCrooks]

Nicely done. Very nicely done. Thread and cabs.

[bigjohn1]

Yes I agree very nice hope to build some day.

[Grant Bunter]

It was certainly worth the wait, great thread and result, again!

So they're in the jam space, what's the verdict????
From your point of view as well as the others.

And on to equally important things, is the acrylic kit vintage, as in Pearl or Luddy or a newer version?

[Charles Warwick]

Love the build thread and writeup . Loving the slim T39's as well. Makes me want to build a set, even though my 20-inchers aren't exactly monolithic.

[James Champer]

Thanks all,

I'm holding off on the verdict for two reasons, one, the jam room in the photo is quite likely the *worst* environment to analyze/EQ speakers. Large, empty, hard tile floor, 7ft ceilings, plaster board walls and a set of oddly placed hard columns and beams. It's the basement of one of our local VFW's. The reflections in that room are RIDICULOUS!

That, and I haven't had the time to properly EQ them yet.

Even still, they drop the jaw of nearly every musician I bring in there. They simply cannot believe the clarity of those Jacks.

Funny thing about that room is that it is nearly identical to a jack design! Picture the baffle behind the drum kit, then you'd have the throat panels on either side and the walls on the outside of the "drum cave" actually angle out like the mouth panels!

I may have to go all "Back to the Future" on it and install a six foot woof back there

<off to check the "items for sale" threads - hehehe>

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[James Champer]

And on to equally important things, is the acrylic kit vintage, as in Pearl or Luddy or a newer version?

Brand=Mine!



Blank acrylic tubes, routed, drilled, outfitted and wired!
20x22
16x16
14x14
10x12
8x10

And my choice of my three remaining snares of course:

4.5x13 90's Tama chrome over steel StageStar
5x14 80's Ludwig Blackrolite
5x14 '71 Ludwig Ludalloy Supraphonic

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[jswingchun]

I dig the curvy front braces, they look great! Are you a musician or a DJ?

Thanks and well, I would lean toward musician as I drum, run sound, run lights, work PR, herd cats (bandmates), roadie, love long walks on the beach, and enjoy evenings where we can just "talk" over a nice Merlot.

So yeah, probably a baker.

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For the life of me I couldn't remember why I asked you DJ or musician. Today I finally remembered. I was thinking that if you wrote original music I would be interested in hearing it based upon the quality of the writing in your posts!!

[Alien]

Brand=Mine!



Blank acrylic tubes, routed, drilled, outfitted and wired!
20x22
16x16
14x14
10x12
8x10

And my choice of my three remaining snares of course:

4.5x13 90's Tama chrome over steel StageStar
5x14 80's Ludwig Blackrolite
5x14 '71 Ludwig Ludalloy Supraphonic

That may just be the coolest thing I've ever seen

It's got me wondering about the feasibility of putting a mic into each shell to trigger the LEDs when the drum is hit.

A

[James Champer]

That may just be the coolest thing I've ever seen

It's got me wondering about the feasibility of putting a mic into each shell to trigger the LEDs when the drum is hit.

A

Thanks and funny you should mention that. I've wanted to do that from the get-go. That, or set them up for DMX so that they could be part of a particular light sequence.

Ah, so many projects, so little time...

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[James Champer]

I dig the curvy front braces, they look great! Are you a musician or a DJ?

Thanks and well, I would lean toward musician as I drum, run sound, run lights, work PR, herd cats (bandmates), roadie, love long walks on the beach, and enjoy evenings where we can just "talk" over a nice Merlot.

So yeah, probably a baker.

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For the life of me I couldn't remember why I asked you DJ or musician. Today I finally remembered. I was thinking that if you wrote original music I would be interested in hearing it based upon the quality of the writing in your posts!!

Awesome, and you'll be happy to know that I have a head full of songs!

Of course they're someone elses. A technicality really.


Seriously though, I have thought about it. Just never taken the time to commit to paper. Who knows, maybe I'll work on some this year up on the deer stand..


[good lord, DOES HE SLEEP AT ALL??]


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[maxo]

Hey
superrrrr work on the drumkit man
never seen that implementation of LED's on a drumkit
i bet you are the envy of all your fellow drummers and not so fellow ones

hey how do you make your led strips and
with what are you controlling them

do you made a special controller
or it is a DMX box, controlling DMX led dimmers

Man it is unreaaallll
the camera dont do the justice
i know that seen those live will make your spine feel shivers

[James Champer]

Hey
superrrrr work on the drumkit man
never seen that implementation of LED's on a drumkit
i bet you are the envy of all your fellow drummers and not so fellow ones

hey how do you make your led strips and
with what are you controlling them

do you made a special controller
or it is a DMX box, controlling DMX led dimmers

Man it is unreaaallll
the camera dont do the justice
i know that seen those live will make your spine feel shivers

Thanks dude. I wish that I could say they are unique, but there are several people that have done nearly the same thing.

The LED's are of the 30 5050 RGB LED Strip variety similar to this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5M-Waterproof-5 ... 2574e51a1b

As you can see, they come with a 44 function remote control. Haven't had time to figure out the dmx or "light on hit" mod. I'm too busiy makin' sawdust!

Oh, and my spine shivers no matter what I do


By the way- want to see your wife shiver? Install those under your kitchen cabinets!

Early anniversary night win! <wink-wink>

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[But it Hertz]

Have you seen these addressable LED strips? http://adafruit.com/products/306

I have some controlled by Arduino. You can individually address each LED to make any pattern and color. Imagination and coding ability is the only limit!

There's a short video here with some blah blah http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,80944.0.html

The search term is "arduino rgb led LPD8806"

LPD8806 is the chip that controls the LED's that the arduino talks to!

You could (although I certainly couldn't!!) have a mic connected to an analogue input of the arduino triggering different colors and patterns based on what it hears. The arduino can detect levels, frequencies all sorts!

Some people have made rudimentary TV displays with them!

Here are some other variations on this theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K8i0JQzx2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVHP7Nhsn4E

[Grant Bunter]

And on to equally important things, is the acrylic kit vintage, as in Pearl or Luddy or a newer version?

Brand=Mine!



Blank acrylic tubes, routed, drilled, outfitted and wired!
20x22
16x16
14x14
10x12
8x10

And my choice of my three remaining snares of course:

4.5x13 90's Tama chrome over steel StageStar
5x14 80's Ludwig Blackrolite
5x14 '71 Ludwig Ludalloy Supraphonic

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Although the LED's are a snazzy touch!
I'm far more impressed that you built the kit yourself

[88h88]

Dear God that drumkit is amazing. I love that people do things like this...