Topic: Hart hihat 2nd bonus piezo found, how should I connect it? Advise please!

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Replied December 19, 2008 at 00:26 #1925192

flipotto
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Success!

I moved the large piezo to the outside of the case, near the edge.
Double sided taped it to bottom near the edge.
Rewired according to beatnik!
I now have a hihat, 2 zone.
I changed the pad type to cy on the td-3.
Some minor adjustments to come. Now I get bow and edge sounds based one where I hit.
I can’t wait for my piezos to come in the mail.
Next up add a second zone to the hart ecymbal 14″ crash to become a ride cymbal with bow and edge and bell on velocity hit.

Then a second zone for the hart 12″ crash to allow edge and bow.
Then create a third cymbal for the crash3.

Trying to DIY on a few things. Check out my link for a mackie control universal emulator, genmce. http://shoshin.110mb.com/genmce

Replied December 19, 2008 at 21:27 #1925206

jman 31
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Well, I was going to say that there was a good chance that they would be to close together and that you would probably end up triggering both of them, but it sounds like you got it covered. Congrats!

Jman

Replied December 20, 2008 at 13:53 #1925208

flipotto
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Hey Jman,
I am still working with the sensitvity..
However, I did move the large piezo to the outside of the box, about an inch from the edge of the bottom of the ecymbal.
It is working pretty good, I still need to get used to when the edge will trigger.
Also the jack inside there is very very cheap… I had to repair that is several places, I really need to just buy a new jack, and get rid of the circuit board.

Trying to DIY on a few things. Check out my link for a mackie control universal emulator, genmce. http://shoshin.110mb.com/genmce

Replied December 20, 2008 at 18:10 #1925210

jman 31
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ORIGINAL: flipotto

Hey Jman,
I am still working with the sensitivity..
However, I did move the large piezo to the outside of the box, about an inch from the edge of the bottom of the ecymbal.
It is working pretty good, I still need to get used to when the edge will trigger.
Also the jack inside there is very very cheap… I had to repair that is several places, I really need to just buy a new jack, and get rid of the circuit board.

From the looks of it you should be able to do that fairly easily. That’s a pretty small area to get the triggers to work separately. Hope you get it dialed in. The larger piezo will usually be more sensitive than the smaller ones, so I would put that on the location that you will be striking most often. You should be able to remove that jack from the board and solder your wires directly to it.

Jman
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