Building an electronic kit.

[ijisking]

Hi everyone. I don't have the room/sound insulation that would allow me to have an acoustic drum kit, so I've decided to resort to an e-kit!

I have looked at pre built ones, but all are too expensive as I have a shoestring budget of £200 max; However, earlier I stumbled upon this site http://www.electronicdrums.com/pads/pads2.htm , which informs you how to build your own pads. Unfortunately I can't seem to find all of he parts in the UK. Has anyone else got any recommendations on how to build your own e-kit?

I would plan on buying an alesis trigger IO to plug straight into my mac.

Thanks in advance, Ijjy.

[Sporky_McGuffin]

What bits are you having trouble finding?

[ijisking]

The whole remo kit thing, and some of the rca jacks.

Also, has anyone on this forum built one before?
It would be great to have some first-hand opinions.

[Sporky_McGuffin]

Well, Maplin, CPC, RS or Rapid all do RCA jacks.

Without the pads, though, it'd be a bit tricky. Google came up with a whole raft of practice pads on sale in the UK though.

[ijisking]

Ok thanks. I was mainly wondering which pads would do the job, apart from the remos.

Is there an easier way of assembling your own kit, involving triggers?

[Sporky_McGuffin]

No idea. First I've heard of the concept.

Don't Maplin have a dirt cheap MIDI kit?

[ijisking]

Probably, an ion or similar...

I read on here that it was really on/off, and this seems worth the effort if the hype is to be believed.

[funkyfraz]

If you spent a hundred quid more you would get a decent ready built midi kit. Much less effort, and much better than a shoddy Home made thing