[sdiy] strobe light project...

[Drew Smith (mux)]

	Holas,

	Not that long ago, I added a Paia Midi2cv8 kit to my Simmons SDS-800. 
This works flawlessly, I couldn't be happier - and since there's only
four voices on the Simmons box, I also get the added bonus of four
MIDI-addressable trigger-outs!  Great for triggering outside gear,
syncing arpeggiators on old kit, etc...

	So I have a use for two of these in my live rig, but that leaves me
with two others... I was looking around my studio and noticed a couple
of el-cheapo plastic strobelights, and had a great idea - could I just
add a 1/4" jack to these strobelights and have MIDI-triggered strobes as
part of my kit?  I think that'd be pretty cool, firing strobes from the
MMT-8... :)

	So I cracked open the strobelight, and it's not how I thought it was
going to be - it has a pot on the back, and I was hoping that the pot
would be feeding a 555 or something, so I could just drop the trigger
into the signal path... in reality, the pot appears to be limiting the
flow of current into a capacitor, which I guess discharges and fires the
strobe.

	This is NOT the strobelight that I have, but it appears to have many,
if not all, of the same componants:

	http://www.velleman-kit.com/Product.asp?lan=1&id=9023

	So my question to you fine electronics gurus is - what would be the
best way to make a strobe light fire when it receives a 5v, 5ms trigger
pulse?

	Thanks for any input,

	Cheers,
	- Drew.

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