I'm tired of trying to play MIDI drums with a keyboard.

Though I don't really have room for it, Pintech has a fairly small set of electronic drums (USA Spirit) without the module which I can get for around $499.

This would be fine, except I need a controller. I don't want a module (typically the Alesis DM-5) because I'm playing software drums. I just need a simple MIDI drum controller to process the inputs from the drums.

Any ideas?

Also, I've been thinking that if I had such a controller, I might be able to save some space and money by getting some RedHots or other sensors and ataching them to some smaller homemade drum pads instead of getting a drum set as such. Is this practical?

As always, thanks for any help!