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Interesting, should try that for the MkI. My BFD2 and 3 samples do not fit on one 32 GB.

I would love more spare-parts. My kit is still going strong but several plastic hooks broke and the rims are laying loose. Does not bother me since the kit is in a fixed position in my drum-cabin but still ...

Nice post

JMan was a friendly (drum) giant. With his heart and soul in e-drums. He is sorely missed. Every day. We only chatted here about his work and conversions, I used to be a big guy too and had a severe  heart attack on Valentines Day 2014. Makes you think. I feel so sorry he did not made it.

I think they did a great job with this forum and will contact the admin to ask him, I do not want to do it without his knowledge.

If people are interested I can make and run a Discord server for 2Box ... It means you will have to create a Discord account (free) and the discord app runs on Windows, Macos, Linux, Android and IOS. It works with channels, supports voip and video and a good person like Lustar could even run a livestream showing his software.

Last review I told you 3 little plastic hooks broke off (3 pads, front hook facing the drummer). This time I took out my glue-gun for an experiment. On the place where the little hook was I put some hot glue, then sticked the ring there and put some more glue on the ring. Not too much, just gentle like Bob Ross would do. There, you see. I have to test this a bit further but assembling and disassembling the pad again showed everything stayed in place for now.

After some bashing sessions 2 out of 3 glue-blobs came loose. Back to the drawing-board (they don't hinder player btw).

Uncle Murgen

Mesh heads might be gone too. In my experience they last long but all depends on where the kit was positioned (sunlight / dark) and treated.

You might want to take 1 pad and take it apart (unplug, unscrew the lugs, take off the black ring, check the mesh head, check the black ring, 5 rubber rings and the hooks and check the piezo sensors). Let us/me know if you need assistance.

Call me a Sunday drummer. My kit has a relaxed life since I'm not in a band and been doing other things lately, apart from trying to get rid of a shoulder injury.

However, occasionally I drum and I try to sit behind my kit at least 90 minutes per week.

I did my maintenance today (taking the pads apart and inspect mesh-heads, rubber rings, clean the wood-chips and general cleaning up).

I have a snare (12-inch) and 4 pads (10-inch). Last review I told you 3 little plastic hooks broke off (3 pads, front hook facing the drummer). This time I took out my glue-gun for an experiment. On the place where the little hook was I put some hot glue, then sticked the ring there and put some more glue on the ring. Not too much, just gentle like Bob Ross would do. There, you see. I have to test this a bit further but assembling and disassembling the pad again showed everything stayed in place for now.

The snare was in excellent condition.

In total I replaced 6 broken rings and replaced 3 more with cracks in the rubber. Not too bad for a total of 30 rings. Using rubber rings is a design error. One of these days I want to look for a replacement that is not from rubber.

Anyway. On hold is my project to update the SD-card. My daughter decided to buy a house and I have been busy lately. But next post will be about the new card, made by Lustars software.

A bientot as the English woud say,

Uncle Murgen

Hi UC.
Thanks for keeping this forum up and running.
Best regards,
Deve.

No news, Deve?

I still use my GEN16 setup combined with 2Box cymbals. I think they stopped development some years ago ... their software is not MacOS Catalina proof ... not 64bits. doH!

Congratulations! I missed the 7 years anniversary of my 2Box Drummit5 too

I have to say the same thing: you are brilliant and a very kind person.

It has been 7 years. 7 years ago I created my SD-card with BFD2 samples. Added 2 kits from 2Box. And the rest were the 2Box factory kits. I never needed anything else, happy to choose from about 10 kits I really like.

I upgraded the OS twice, even bought BFD3 but never came to it.

Now, semi retired, I installed BDF2/3, Reaper, SDSE on my new PC. You are so kind helping me out with some pointers. I mean, 7 years is a long time.

Today, it all came together and I exported my first new kit. I was impressed by all the scripts kicked off and the work SDSE does to create the samples.   In the next days I will do some test rendering like you suggested and built my new card.

Thank you again!

My original Drumit5 is still going strong with the external mod.

Agreed ... I wonder how and if they solved the latency on SD-cards not suited for 2Box purposes. 

Welcome back Murgen!

Since I decided to enjoy a ductape retirement I have more time now to work on my drums

SDSE is the first step - fresh install on my new PC - 1 TB space for samples. And yes, still had my licencesekey from 2012.