2Box Drumit Three Module & Trigit Acoustic Triggers

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| NOVEMBER 2018 WWW.MUSICRADAR.COM/RHYTHM
GEAR REVIEW
F
o llowing on some years later from
the Drumit Five e-kit, 2Box’s Drumit
Three module has just hit the market
with a host of new features up its
sleeve. Boasting ‘Open Sound Architecture’ and
a ‘Universal Trigger Interface’, the DI3 promises
to make a worthy replacement for your
existing e-kit module or a powerful hub at the
centre of your hybrid setup.
Build
In terms of appearance, the Drumit Three is a
no-frills affair. The angular body is black for the
most part with text and other highlights
appearing in the trademark 2Box orange.
There is a small LCD display on the right of the
module with a rotary controller underneath
and other additional buttons correlating to
menu items on the screen. Navigation works
through a page up and down system under
two main ‘kit’ and ‘unit’ menus.
From the main kit menu we scroll through
100 kit slots of which there are a massive 90
pre-programmed kits. Impressively, these
include signature kits from drumming giants
such as Marco Minnemann, Simon Phillips and
Randy Black.
In terms of connectivity, we fi nd the usual
phones output and a line-in (both ¼" stereo
jack), four mono jack outputs (programmable
as master outputs, bus sends or sub outputs)
and 14 trigger inputs, which include A and B
cymbal triggers to accommodate three-zone
cymbal pads. The module can handle kick,
snare (three-zone), four tom pads (dual-zone),
hi-hats and three cymbals.
£695 (Drumit Three), £89 (Trigit set)
2Box make a return with an affordable
stand-alone e-kit module and triggers
2BOX DRUMIT
THREE MODULE &
TRIGIT ACOUSTIC
TRIGGERS
WORDS: TOM BRADLEY
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"THE SHEER AMOUNT OF
CUSTOMISATION POSSIBLE
MEANS THAT THE DI3 COMES
INTO ITS OWN AS A HYBRID TOOL"
The Universal Trigger
Interface supports many types of
piezo and switch triggers ranging
from 2Box’s own hardware to
Roland, Yamaha, Alesis and more.
With an inbuilt 4GB memory and no
external expansion available, surprisingly,
the module is already at over 90 per cent
capacity straight out of the box. However,
due to the open source nature of the
system, it is possible to back up the original
sounds via the computer and start afresh,
should you wish to free up space. Using the
2Box Drumit Editor software it is possible not
only to tweak the existing kits but also create
multi-layered user sounds completely from
scratch. This is a huge feature, especially at this
relatively low price point.
Included with our review module is a set of
fi ve 2Box Trigit acoustic triggers – one larger
model specifi cally for bass drum and four
smaller snare/tom (dual-zone) versions.
The satin chrome triggers have a sleek
appearance and fi t snugly to the kit via
drum key bolts.
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