OGD
You are a WEALTH of knowledge. Thanks for the quick reply... The very
well narrated description below, has made me understand how the
piezo's work...
"In Knowledge lies strength"
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, rdamon@m... wrote:
> The short answer is (well maybe not so short):
>
> For the rim switches on the TP65S to function, the main pad piezo
must
> trigger near simultaneously with the striking of the rim switch.
For example
> if you were to take the pad apart, you would see the rim switches
are
> attached to the bottom plastic frame and the piezo is attached to
the
> underside of the top rubber pad surface. If you move the rubber pad
surface
> away from the plastic housing so that when you hit the rim switch
only,
> without causing the piezo also to trigger, you will get absolutely
no sound
> at all.
>
> Think of it like this, when the TP65S is hit anywhere the piezo is
going to
> vibrate. The module detects that the piezo is vibrating, but before
telling
> the tone generator to send the "snare" sound to the output jacks,
it checks
> to see if either of the rim switches has also been closed. If
neither of the
> rim switches have been hit, then the sound that comes out the
module is the
> main pad voice. If the Piezo triggers and the module detects that
the rim1
> switch has also been activated, then it tells the tone generator to
send out
> a "rim shot" sound. If the piezo triggers and the module detects
that the
> rim2 switch has also been activated, then it tells the tone
generator to
> send out a "cross-stick" sound.
>
> But if only the rim1 switch is closed without the peizo triggering,
no sound
> will be sent out. The same is true for the rim2 switch.
>
> Thus, without the magic box (see photo gallery) that is still in
the R&D
> shop, you really can't split the rim zones out and assign them to
other
> pads.
>
> What you can do is to parallel two pads together. So that if you
want a
> snare (TP65S) in the center of your kit and a second snare (to the
left of
> the hihat) you can just use a stereo Y-splitter cable and connect
both pads
> into input no. 2. But.....they will both have the same sound, for
pad, rim1
> and rim2. This would also work with two PCY65S, one on the right
side of the
> kit and one on the left side of the kit for crashes, but they again
would
> share the same sound.
>
> This is a topic that comes up about once every six months, that
almost
> everyone thinks about when they first get their kit and wants to
expand it,
> without adding a second module.
>
> OGD
>
> _____
>
> From: vap19592000 [mailto:vap19592000@y...]
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 1:14 PM
> To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] Splitting 3 zone pad (TP65S) signals to
different pads
>
>
>
> Greetings to all..
>
> Hope the DTXpress is keeping you all quite busy and the
exploration,
> is still continuing...as usual.
>
> Just came up with a radical idea...hoping to get some intelligent
> feedback..
>
> Subject: TP65S snare pad.
>
> Pad Type: 3 ZONE, with 1 x pad sound and 2 x rim sound.
>
> Connection: Stereo cable from module to pad.
>
> Question: Is it possible to "SPLIT" the zones, and assign them to
> SEPARATE pads(2 x PAD SOUNDS...original pad and another pad for
dual
> snare; RIM SOUND #1 to another pad; RIM SOUND #2 to another pad. So
I
> am using a TOTAL of 4 pads including the TP65S.
>
> Example: PAD SOUND leave as is on the TP65S, but send this signal
to
> another pad for a DUAL snare. (One for the left hand and one for
the
> right. . RIM SOUND # 1 to a SEPARATE PAD and RIM SOUND # 2 to a
> SEPARATE PAD.
>
> Assumption: I figured that if I SPLIT the SIGNAL from the module as
> such, I MAY be successful.....please acknowledge..
>
> 1. USE A "Y" STEREO CABLE. 1 X OUTPUT STEREO SPLIT TO 2 X STEREO
> OUTPUTS.
> 2. ON STEREO OUTPUT # A: ADD ANOTHER "Y" CABLE WITH ONE OUTPUT
STEREO
> TO TWO MONO OUTPUTS. CONNECT MONO #1 TO RIM SOUND #1(PAD 1) AND
MONO
> #2 TO RIM SOUND #2(PAD #2).
>
> 3. STEREO OUTPUT # B: ADD ANOTHER "Y" CABLE WITH ONE OUTPUT STEREO
TO
> TWO MONO OUTPUTS. CONNECT MONO # 1 TO THE ORIGINAL TP65S FOR PAD
> SOUND (SNARE #1)...
> AND CONNECT MONO # 2 TO PAD # 4 FOR PAD SOUND (SNARE # 2).
>
> When ALL connections verified, assign the respective PAD SOUNDS to
> the respective pads in the "drum kit voice edit" mode and "trigger
> setup edit" mode.
>
> Phew!!!! does this make sense, and IS IT POSSIBLE???. Your turn
> Guys???
>
> Best Wishes and HAPPY DRUMMING!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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