I cut the 4 drum support out of a piece of
paneling using the drum controller as a template and painted it
black. I made sure each circle was the same size as the 8" mesh drums I'm
using.
I drilled holes all the way through the two
upper most holes in the yellow
and blue drums.
I used the controller as a template to drill holes in the paneling
shown by the arrows. I just drilled holes in these locations. Using
the other holes would interfere with the drum shells.
You can see from this image how much bigger the paneling is than the
drum controller, to accommodate the 8" mesh drums I will be using.
I used the paneling as a template to
drill holes in the bottoms of the drums, shown by the white arrows. Also
drilled a hole to run the wires, shown by the blue arrow.
I used this tutorial to build the drums. The
only things I will do different is use a 1 1/8" tall bucket shell
instead of 2", a shorter foam block, hoop and bottom for an 8" drum and not use the mounting bracket.
I used 3" x 1/4" and 2" x 1/4" to secure the
drum bottoms to the paneling. These screws will line up with the
holes in the drum controller.
Removed the drum pads and cut the sensor wires
close to the sensors.
The one piece 4 drum unit that is now painted
black and attached to the drum controller using the 8 perfectly aligned
screws. I also pulled the sensor wires through the holes.
I used a nut and washer to secure the 4 drum
unit to the Rock Band drum controller.
I have added the 1 1/8" high bucket shells,
piezo sensors, terminal strip and double sided tape to the sensor. Now I
will cut a foam block so it will be about 1/8" above the rim of the
shell.
