DRUMMER CAFE

Well I bought a Drumometer a week or so ago, and it's a fairly interesting device.

I've started using it in conjunction with my metronome. Figuring out mathematically, just how many notes I should be getting in a particular figure ... at a given tempo.
Although it's a useful practice tool, I just can't see one in every drummer's home. It takes time to figure out on paper just exactly WHAT your reading should be, not to mention the constant RESETTING after each exercise. If you are serious about your playing, and want to play as clean and precise as possible, this could be a fun device for you.

I know that I will enjoy working with it during a portion of my practice routine; not to mention working with students.

Now if you are just going to set it for 60 seconds to monitor how many single or double strokes you can play in that time frame ... like the WFD fans ... well it does that too. It's a fairly expensive device to get for just seeing how fast your play. I would have never bought mine had I not gotten the good guy "pro" deal on it.

[size=-3]To read more about the Drumometer, go to http://www.drumometer.com/enter2.html[/size]

Yep ...... it's just a matter of having the trigger(s).

The Drumometer takes a 1/4" input from a trigger.

Speaking of triggers, I tried to use one of my Trigger Perfect triggers, and it didn't work. Guess it's not perfect after all. I'll try several more to see if they work. It would be nice to be able to use my own triggers.

The Drumometer comes with it's own trigger, which you just use the adheasive pad (which comes with it) to place it on any drum ... including the kick drum.

One word of warning, if you try and use the Drumometer on a drum that has a lot of resonance, like a snare drum, the device is over-driven, fades down, and will not count properly. Too bad there's not an attenuator for the trigger. That's what gave me the idea of using my own triggers.  Even with placing some duct tape OVER the trigger, as suggested by the Drumometer instructions, the device is over-driven. The only way I got it to work was to throw one of my Sound Off pads on my snare, with the trigger remaining underneath. This was enough to stop the feedback.