Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> Stewart wrote: Hmmm ... 'cept, dunno 'bout you, but I don't move my
> optical mouse 
> around by hitting it with a significant chunk of 300lb applied via a 
> size 11-and-a-half foot playing 1 and 3 at 180bpm.
> 
Stewart,

I was thinking more along the lines of the optical sensor being fixed inside
the pedal and the "surface" being tracked as the "moving" surface that takes
the abuse. There is a vertical metal member at the top of the pedal that
limits the vertical movement of the pedal (both up and down) that would be
the "moving" surface. The sensor would sit safely beside the PCB/TRS jack.
Clearly optical sensors/laser are more than capable of track even the
fastest drummer, so even at 1000 bpm, it wouldn't be a problem. The real
problem here is not that it can't be done but in coming up with the R&D
dollars to experiment with new ideas/concepts to improve a product that uses
tried and true technology, that only gives us 30 percent performance of a
real acousitic hihat.

OGD
 
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