Kat Percussion KTMP1 Drum Pad Test / Warts and All (Demo/Improv)

Insecure Musician Disclaimer: Not music! Made up on the spot. Single passes/takes. No edits. No quantizing. It took more time to make and upload the video than play the music. Don't try to accuse me of trying to make music here... I won't have it! Ha ha.
Ok, with that out of the way. I have a real set of drums, but do not have a way to record that is feasable. I often play my MIDI keyboard or pads and program and edit with drum samples (Slate and/or BFD). Always wanted a way to play like I would with real drums. Wife bought me this. Only 4 pads, but you can use a kick pedal (trigger or switch kind)... I made one out of a gate hinge - sketchy as all get up. It is USB into computer and running the drum plugin via MIDI. It has internal sounds - they are terrible! But for the price, not much expected there. I wanted it for exactly this. To make my own beats and loops quick, less programming or relying on others'.
Anyway, this was my first attemp... I was surprised at how natural it felt. Played the beat to a click for the first time too.
Amplitube for Bass and Guitars... just presets... no time tweaking.
katpercussion.com/ktmp1.html

[@chrisdurhammusicchannel]

Very nice "Not music!", Blu!!!!

[@BlugubriousMusic]

Thanks... That was also a very nice not music comment! Ha ha

[@dybomusic4207]

Sounds like fun! 😉👍

[@BlugubriousMusic]

To normal people... Ha ha... See my response to Laurie

[@dybomusic4207]

@@BlugubriousMusicSo I‘m a normal one?!? 😂

[@BlugubriousMusic]

@@dybomusic4207 Compared to me! Ha ha

[@dybomusic4207]

@@BlugubriousMusic Not sure about that. 😉

[@LauriesMishmosh]

That's a cool pad! Have fun with it!

[@BlugubriousMusic]

I don't know about fun... Music is sort of the exercise for my tortured soul! But I will try to put it to good use. Thank you for listening and commenting... I don't take that for granted

[@LauriesMishmosh]

@@BlugubriousMusic 😊

[@Ellenmendenhall]

It turned out very well 👏👏👏

[@BlugubriousMusic]

Thank you EM... good to see you stop in... Hope you are well

[@TexasJackdaw]

That’s a cool piece of kit. Solid playing too (didn’t know you could drum too!) Also solid bass chops. Very cool indeed!

[@BlugubriousMusic]

You should see my kazoo skills

[@ukuleleplus]

I have one and I must say it’s great for travel and having a mobile setup.

[@BlugubriousMusic]

Cool... Thank you for watching and commenting

[@GHrooveD]

Hey man, that is a cool little drum pad, decent sounds! You're playing the beats tight 🥁🤘. Greats strings also bro 😎🎸🥁👍🍻

[@BlugubriousMusic]

Those sounds are BFD drums... the internal ones on that pad are not great. I dig your roland kit... wish I had resources and space for something like. Funny to say that as there is a full kit set up in our living family room! I just can't record that kit.

[@garyschafer-thepickinpilot9010]

Looks like the test was a success. 😊😊👏👏🎸🎸

[@BlugubriousMusic]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@amess_fighter]

B × 4= 👍

[@BlugubriousMusic]

I'm not sure I can decipher the code but I understand the thumbs up at the end and I'm very thankful for it!

[@BlugubriousMusic]

Oh wait is it blu x 4? If so I might argue might be better B - 4...ha ha

[@amess_fighter]

Lol

[@qinng4350]

How good does it feel playing with sticks? Does snare rolls feel good for example? does it give some bounce-back, like a snare/tom would?

[@BlugubriousMusic]

That is a great question! It is not as good as a mesh higher-end drum head. But it is at least as good as the cheaper electronic drum pads that you feel on normal electronic drum kits. I don't think I would say it feels a lot like a snare but it definitely bounces. If you've never played electronic drums ghost notes can be a little weird... Reminder, I did not buy it to play with the sounds that are in it I hate the sounds in it... I got it to trigger drum samplers like Steven slate. Hope this helps