or for replacing the drummers. Nothing will ever replace a real performer and one’s groove
and feeling in mashing the drums. It was made for experimentation, more into having a drum
machine out of anything that’s in the kitchen, garage etc. To have a tool that will be able to
follow the most complicated rhythms always in time. For a creative person, it can be an
endless source of inspiration. Bear this in mind and take your time, experiment as much as
you can. Talking about creative ideas, you’ll probably notice fast that Perc isn’t offering any
open/close hi-hat mechanisms, but if you’d go the creative way and install one beater on top
of your hi-hat and another one on the bottom, you can achieve a similar effect.
Perc can also be a great companion for your drum kit training techniques and everyday
routines. Use it as a metronome or just feed it with crazily complicated MIDI rhythm files and
try to follow it. Perc is crazy fast and is fully velocity and tempo controllable too. It can also
serve as your additional hand or hands as our bodies are physically limited.
Mentioning the body limits, Perc can also be useful to people with both congenital and
acquired disabilities and allow them to chase or continue following their musical ideas. We’ve
already seen this and we’re especially proud of that fact.
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Other useful information
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Daisy-chain as many Perc controllers as needed by using their MIDI output and input
ports.
The beater’s connector cable is 3 meters long, but it’s possible to extend it by using
regular 5 pin DMX XLR cable.
The striker comes out from the beater for about 5 millimetres, which makes this is the
longest distance the beater should be mounted from the instrument. There’s no
smallest distance thought. It’s up to the effect one wants to achieve; the beater can
touch the membrane of a kick drum for example.
There are three different types of strikers available – oak, aluminium and silicone and
each of them will have a different effect on the same instrument. The strikers are not
user interchangeable, but remember that it’s possible to attach different types of fabric
on top of a striker to achieve needed effect.
If the impact of a single Perc beater on a large drum instrument isn’t powerful enough.
Try using more than one beater on the same instrument. This will increase the impact.
The Perc Pro is fully velocity controllable – that means it can play gentle or hit strong.
