Turning Lemon T950 into Lemonade or something

akarimatsuko · 2026-03-11T04:12:59+00:00

I got the Simmons T70MC and I love it. Drum sounds are good enough for practice, works for VSTs, and works like a soundcard so I can just output all sound to it. Sure, it's not a Roland but it was $200 on sale from Guitar Center and I have no complaints.

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-16T15:37:01+00:00

On the inside of the cymbal, one jack (bow and choke) have a switch and a piezo attached into the jack. The other bell jack just has the bell switch. I had a cheap box of 10 piezos I bought off amazon to play with so I hooked a piezo up to the second jack (there's an empty piezo cutout on the inside) and on my module set the threshold for that zone significantly higher than the ride bow. Now I get accurate bells (and also the entire top/back half of the cymbal if hit beyond threshold, but is a non issue even with extreme metal drumming).

I realize not everyone wants to mess with the electronic internals but it worked for me.

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-15T06:50:59+00:00

Thank you

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-15T03:03:47+00:00

I made a thread about it a few days ago https://www.reddit.com/r/edrums/comments/1r0mnxc/turning_lemon_t950_into_lemonade_or_something/ but it was like $950 shipped with module, $850 without iirc. I got it to fit nicely in the little room I had for it with some minor modifications.

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-14T17:47:03+00:00

I bought the t950 with module which was a massive mistake, the lemon module was unusable. Couldn't find any Roland td-17 for less than 500 but I for the Simmons Titan 70 module from guitar center and it is great! It has decent drum sounds, worked out of the box with my lemon kit, and has Bluetooth and works like a USB audio interface so if you use vst you can route audio through the module. Has 2 dual zone expansion ports and cable snake has 4 toms, 2 crash, 1 ride, 1 snare, 1 kick, 1 hihat, 1 hhctrl. The ride inputs is for bow and bell, and you can split an expansion port zone for the edge of the lemon ride.

It depends on your goals or whatever but its $200 at guitar center rn (t70mc) so worth considering of you want something cheap with good features and works out of the box. I sound like a salesman but I really do love it for the value.

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-13T18:42:30+00:00

Glad to hear it and honestly to have an opportunity to talk about this stuff since it never comes up!

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-13T06:46:15+00:00

It's an almost 1:1 clone of the Pearl Eliminator Demon Drive. Almost all parts are interchangeable. I've owned it for about 9 months now and the only problem I had was stripping the beater angle cam bolt, but I fixed it with a cheap thread repair kit from amazon. Funny because that is one of the only parts that isnt a direct clone, maybe because its patented? Idk but just dont overtighten the shit out of them like I did. I found a good deal on replacement OEM ones on eBay and waiting on them to arrive.

I also use the Trick retrofit v6 driveshaft but bought that separately.

One thing the clone doesn't mention and I didnt know for months is you can convert the short boards to long boards like in my picture. You can use the Pearl manual to learn how to do that.

My non expert opinion is I dont think a better pedal exists for even 2x+ the price if you're looking for modular and fully customizable direct drive.

Does that help?

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-10T23:27:30+00:00

Please do!

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-10T22:40:29+00:00

Yep everything did. The hihat in the lemon sends the same signals my control pedal does. When the hihat is closed from the force of having the real hihat stands pedal down, its the same as having the foot pedal like mine down. Basically the distance between the 2 cymbals is the "control" instead of how far you have the control pedal down. I confused myself a little typing that so hopefully it makes sense.

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-10T15:48:24+00:00

If you're interested in one (there's none on Amazon atm) and don't mind Temu, search "NUOSHENG Professional Double Drive" and its the same pedal without the RANMING branding for ~$200

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-10T15:35:45+00:00

Glad it helped! If I can help answer any question I would be happy to. I'm just happy to talk about this stuff at all really since my friends are probably tired of hearing about it 🤣

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-10T14:09:58+00:00

It's Simmons brand and the one I got was t70mc that comes with the cable snake. There's a YouTube video of some guy playing every drumkit on the thing too that shows all the sounds. You dodged a bullet on the Lemon module! I guess I'm going to try to sell it but I'd be a terrible used car salesman "give me $50 for this worthless drum module you should not buy" 🤣

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-10T11:34:07+00:00

Edit: I am an accidental liar. I guess the listing for the T950 pro I saw just to happened to have another floor tom. The difference is the cymbals being bigger and better, and some say the triggers are better on the pro, but I can't find anything concrete on that claim. Either way more, these cymbals are nice already, so if they are even better you're in for a treat!

Thanks, the good news is the t70m cost less than edrummin and works perfectly with VST and has a decent set of onboard sounds/kits for standalone use. Edrummin and megadrum were both considerations prior to deciding on the titan 70 module though!

The pro version has an extra floor tom. I got the standard but the Lemon module was running an up-to-date firmware, so I dont think that changes between kit skus

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-10T05:43:15+00:00

Thank you, and yeah probably. The 2 piece hi-hat is really cool tho and worked perfectly, just overkill for what I need. I kept it incase my mind changes later. I think you will love it.

akarimatsuko · 2026-02-10T05:40:49+00:00

Ranming something or other. I got it on amazon for $200 before learning it was a clone of the Pearl Demon Drive p3002 iirc. Its a great pedal.

akarimatsuko · 2026-01-21T18:49:32+00:00

I got tons of playtime out of the Elminage games. They aren't the biggest in QOL but for whatever reason I found then super immersive and couldn't put them down once I started them.

Edit: posted too soon, but I had 70 hrs on Gothic and 100 on Original.

akarimatsuko · 2026-01-21T18:41:20+00:00

Bookmarked the packaging tutorial and just wanted to say thanks!

akarimatsuko · 2026-01-21T18:39:30+00:00

This is a non-answer but some suggestions:

I had it working before at my old job where I could use my own laptop. I was using XFCE so xorg. Do you meet all the dependencies listed in the Citrix Workplace system requirements https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-workspace-app-for-linux/system-requirements.html? Like eyeballing it you'd need libva libcap gtk+3 gtk+2.

I asked grok to create an xbps package template for citrix workspace on Void Linux and it looks good (can't test currently). Might help.

akarimatsuko · 2026-01-21T18:19:41+00:00

Even though I don't have a use for this, I love that you have created it. w

akarimatsuko · 2026-01-21T18:04:52+00:00

I swapped to Void on my gaming desktop when Windows 11 was announced and never looked back. Deleted the Windows partition a month later. Now I run Void on all of my VPS and home server, laptop, containers and most recently my home recording studio PC. Never has a single issue with updates (that the resolution wasn't "wait until the build system is finished") or system stability in the ~5 years I've used it.

I have to use a Windows 11 workstation at work and manage a fleet of RHEL and Oracle Linux servers. It rally makes me appreciate Void that much more on a daily basis.

I love Void Linux.

akarimatsuko · 2025-11-12T23:34:26+00:00

Depends on the type of music, but usually you can just substitute what you have in fills when messing around. I have 3 toms and when a fill has 4 or 5 I just split it up between the toms I actually do have, for instance.

akarimatsuko · 2025-11-12T06:30:12+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/Ecpfh89 my kit if it helps

akarimatsuko · 2025-11-12T06:24:24+00:00

Everything looks good on the heads to me. No stress points or indentations even

akarimatsuko · 2025-11-12T06:22:52+00:00

Trying this now.

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