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I have been thinking aboot using my V-Drums to trigger my imminent
modular and skipping the MIDI step entirely. Using just one pad to
trigger sounds in a studio looks relatively easy. But triggering
multiple patches with multiple pads in a performance context is a
little trickier, isn't it?

I am not referring to the bank account draining need for lots of
modules: the only happy modular is a big modular.

All "drum brains" I have used have three settings that are settable
via menus: 1.- sensitivity 2.- noise rejection 3.- interference
rejection where sensitivity is self-explanatory, noise rejection is
the ability of the system to tell a hit on a pad from a mis-hit on the
associated hardware or a bass player thumping away etc., and
interference rejection is the ability for the system to tell a hit on
Pad A from a hit on Pad B.

I would need to design interface electronics to cover this territory
to have a successful performance system wouldn't I? If I wanted to
design a 1U module to interface each pad, it would need some kind of
sneaksy rear cable connectors so that the pad interface modules could
talk to each other in order to get the interference rejection looked
after too.

Has this ever been done? Any opinions? Any thoughts? Am I totally
off my nut?

I was in one of my favourite music stores recently and I told this
young dude that I was building a modular synth. He just gave me this
blank look so I went into poop-disturbing mode and told him that I was
doing in hardware for $3K what he could do in software for $300. Now,
WE all know what this modular synth thing is all aboot: but is this
MIDI-less electronic drum idea a bridge too far?

I thank you in advance, BFG