My passion for Electronic Drums has grown steadily for many years now. I have taken that passion to a higher level with my latest acoustic to electronic ... stealth drum and cymbal models. Come on in, take a look around .... There are Music and Video Demos and more. Jman
Stealth Drums and Cymbals
I've never quite gotten over the looks and feel of a fine crafted acoutic drumkit. Time has been moving on and the advantages to electronic drums are weighing in heavy these days. Especially for those drummers who love to play but just can't afford the noise level of an acoustic drumkit. And the bands that want a great sound but also need to reduce stage volume. I have always enjoyed acoustic drums.... cherishing my kits like a fine set of furniture.... and the feel of those full size drums movin to the groovin as you play. .... Well no reason to sacrifice looks and feel simply to enjoy the advantages of E drums anymore.....
Here are the newStealth (A to EZ) Drumkits I have built, The Stealth (A to EZ )Trigger System is a sytem of converting Acoustic Drums to Electronic Drums in a non-destructive manner. No Shell Damage! The Snare and Toms are 5 piezo trigger systems that were designed to take advantage of Positional Detection on the head and good, even rim response for Snare and Toms with sound modules that support those features. The Kick is a single piezo trigger. If desired the triggers can be removed and the kit converted back to acoustic by reinstalling the original heads and snare strainer ... just that EZ!
My Latest 3 zone Hi Hat: This one is fun, fun, fun.
Video Demo Here
My Acoustic Evolution Acrylic Blues: My very latest kit. A flash back to the past for me. This one is even nicer than my Vistalite kit from the late 70's. The acoustic drums were built for me by Roman of Starlite International.... and they are stellar! Add in my latest triggering, and my own custom built Lectrobans... and it is the drummers dream kit ..... to behold, to play and to hear. The latest folder of pictures is Here. A brand new Video Demo is Here. My previous Video Demo is Here
The A to EZ PDP LXE Kurillian Birch Exotic drumkit:This is where my dream kit and my A to EZ triggering skills meet! This is a 7 Pc kit with all the tom sizes available. Follow my progress at Vdrums.comHERE Pictures HERE AndHERE. And the Video Demo of the LXE kit is HERE
The (A to EZ) Stealth Pro:
This kit was chosen for both looks and function... Built with a small footprint.... Built for the Road.... Starting with the Excellent DW Collectors Series Black Velvet 5 pc. A kit... with Smartrigger cymbals and Hart EPedal II HH Stand/Controller. A real top of the line Beauty. And it is right where it should be at present.... On the Road...... Giggin! Video Demo Here
My Gretsch Catalina Birch Carribean Kit:
With a new Gibraltar V-Rack with 4 side extensions.... Video demo of the complete kit
Another Video using the Auxiliary Splitter for the TD-12/20
Stealth (A to EZ) Conversion Kits For Your Own drumset
The Latest Pictures and of the Stealth (A to EZ) Drums and Cymbals are Here and Here My latest Video Demo of the Stealth (A to EZ) Cymbals and Drums is Here
Mine is Better Than Theirs.... RAVE!
Those that know me, understand, that I hate those kind of ads that say.... Better, Faster, Simply the most incredible product. Blah, Blah, Blah, .... so much better than ......BS! So I won't do that! What I will say is: This is my favorite Drum Kit to date. I am extremely happy with the look, feel, and response! ..... So those who know Jman also know ..... enough said! I'll let the ones who have experienced the STEALTH (A to EZ) trigger system speak for em:
2 ADDITIONAL Programs You Will Want for your Roland based Edrum Kit. Just click on the Underlined VdrumLib or V Expressions Limited below to go directly to those sites.
VdrumLib
VdrumLib .... Lib short for librarian: I couldn't even guess just how much time I have saved by using this program. Not only can you rearrange kits on your computer... you can edit COSM features swap instruments between kits and do many other things to boot. I have a 3 module based "super kit" and use V Expressions kits. Now with this program I can load my favorite V Exp programs, make all the changes necessary for my very unique setup, save any changes I want on my computer, and load those customized kits back to my module in record time. I would guess I can accomplish in an hour what used to take me at least a full day.
I had the privilege of Demoing the latest and greatest customizations from
Many Expansions have come out since my 1st testing of the products and the diversity and selection is incredible...... These sounds really bring the best out of the new Roland sound modules. The quaility of the kits and the time saved to find that right sound is priceless. VEX kits and the Vdrum Librarian leave me with the time to do what I like...... DRUM!
Here's just one example... I noodled around with Kit 3:1997 DW Exotic EFX and Roland Pattern 11...... from the 1st Batch of 50 Kits : Take a Listen: HERE Phil Collins Kit from Top 50 Drummerswith "Over the Hills" music track and my Handsonic Percussion: HERE