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Clear Vinyl tubing 3/16″ ID  5/16″ OD for edge protection. Use small amount of Killer Red tape (or some other dual-sided extremely sticky tape) to join the ends. No need for gluing the tubing to the actual rim it’ll stick on itself.

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Obviously you could just buy a retail module such as the Alesis Trigger IO which is only $149 retail, and as low as $129 new usually on eBay. But I would personally try the MegaDrum, and I personally plan to at some point in the near future. On the surface it does look difficult. But in reality it’s not a particularly difficult task. You can look at the photos and see people that use solderless breadboard and go to town that way. Others go for a more professional result with etched boards which you can do with a laser/LED printer using the supplied schmematics available right on the site. You can also purchase most, but not 100%, of what you need via the “all-in-one” kits available for sale on the site. But that significantly increases the total cost of building one. Plus you have to wait quite a while for the kits to be delivered since they’re overseas.

If you really wanted professional boards I’m sure you could hire a local electronics company or individual with experience to do it for you cheap. Maybe even build the entire thing for you. Seriously, it looks like you just take a blank PCB, print the schematic, iron it on, and acid etch it. Then go to town soldering the components onto the board, which is now nicely laid out and labeled. Suprizingly simple, at least when I write it out like that. 😉 

But regardless based on my research it seems to be a VERY robust TMI and superior to the Trigger IO in a variety of ways. Now, whether or not it really performs is a different story. But I see no reason why it wouldn’t.

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http://www.megadrum.info/

Build yourself a DIY drum module. 32 TRS inputs to go hog wild with! And it seems to have a lot of excellent functionality including the ability to “group” adjacent inputs for multizone cymbal support.

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Still a work in progress. Everything is single-zone connected to an Alesis D4 then MIDI to my DAW running Reaper and Addictive Drums.

Awaiting receipt of my Trigger IO so I can actually connect everything and get multi-zone support and… FINALLY!!!… variable hihat pedal. Besides multi-zone cymbals the damn variable HH will be my favorite upgrade.

In the background you can see my 1990’s S&S Industries and Pintech Visulite set on a Gibraltar rack. Was my first drums ever and got me hooked. Works pretty well but limited in dynamic range, plus the triggers are 6″, 8″ x 3, and 10″ which are just too small for my poor aim. 😉 I’ll end up on Craigslist once I get the A-2-E working well.

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ORIGINAL: Tinaso

I wanna do a dual zone ride with choke and a single zone crash with choke for my ALESIS TRIGGER IO!!!  Does the dual zone ride with choke works with alesis Trigger io?!?!?!?!

Dual Zone Ride :  Piezo bell, Piezo Bow >  connection to Jack Female Stereo.

Single Zone Crash : Piezo connection jack female mono.

The question is the CHOKE. How do i do it?!?!??!?!

Ive seen this page
http://www.vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40656&highlight=alesis+io
and the cymbals done there are so Beautiful!!!!!!!! Ive noticed they have something at the edge what is that?!?!?!?

Thx
http://www.vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40656&highlight=alesis+io

I have a Trigger IO on order (do not possess it yet) so I can’t confirm this personally. But from what I’ve read the Trigger IO requires an input for every event/zone/feature you want. So, for a 3 zone chokable ride you’ll need 3 piezos, 1 choke switch, 2 female jacks on the cymbal, and utilize 2 full TRS inputs on the Trigger IO. Since the Trigger IO has no intelligence or actual processing provided for anything (each of the 20 inputs are simply that, individual inputs with no relation to each other) you don’t use the Raper circuits at all. Instead, wire the bell and bow piezo to one TRS female jack. Then wire the edge piezo and choke switch to the other. I’d suggest using Hellfires choke switch http://www.hellfiredrums.com/archives/67 as it seems simple and inexpensive to implement, yet flexible as you should be able to make it any size you want. Then have fun configuring the Trigger IO to utilize all of the piezos without crosstalk and mistriggers. YIPPIE!!! 🙂

Now hurry up and construct it and post your results! 😉

Christopher Graham

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