[sdiy] Electronic drums - Kraftwerk style metal drumsticks....

[Toby Paddock]

I've been slowly collecting parts for a simple mallet
controller. Aluminum disks for the pads, 10-turn pots to
set the voltages on them, big chunk of wood to put
them on. But, where can I find conductive rubber?

It could be something like 1/4 inch thick that I can glue
on to a big rubber hammer. Big and clumsy.

Later,
Toby Paddock


> >
> >> Could this be improved with conductive rubber?
> >
> >Why conductive? Are you thinking that it could generate a signal like
a
> >piezo? Umm...
>
> The idea was that the metal sticks would be connected via wires to the
> drum synth, with the pads also conected, then the contact of stick and
> pad would complete a circuit, producing a trigger signal and a voltage
> (different pads at different votages?) like on a stylophone. So
> conductive rubber could be used for the tips of the sticks for better
> bounce and less impact noise.
>