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hi hat pedal full control

hi hat pedal full control

2000-02-22 by Ken Anthony

In response to some earlier posts:

The dtxpress brain does respond to variable hi hat pedal control,
it's just that the standard pedal doesn't work well in the middle
ranges. 

I've seen many posts here about the uncontrolable "semi open" hi hat,
so for what it's worth I'm working on a retrofit 
for the existing dtxpress pedal. It's not finished yet due
to my ineptness at the mechanical implementaion, but here's
what I've got so far:

http://www.rainfall.com/dtxpress/pedal.html

Re: hi hat pedal full control

2000-02-24 by Richard C. MacDonald

Hi Ken,
I checked out your fix attempts to achieve variable open/closed control. I'm
afraid I can't help you out at all as once I unscrew the back off of
something electronic, bad things start to happen. Changing batteries is
about all I'm good for.

In any case, thanks much for the impressive effort and I really hope you
figure out an easy way to improve the pedal. Anyone out there with
electric/electronic hardware skills, check out Ken's site and give him a
hand.
http://www.rainfall.com/dtxpress/pedal.html

Great work,
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Anthony <info@...>
To: DTXpress@onelist.com <DTXpress@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 1:38 AM
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Subject: [DTXpress] hi hat pedal full control


>From: Ken Anthony <info@...>
>
>
>In response to some earlier posts:
>
>The dtxpress brain does respond to variable hi hat pedal control,
>it's just that the standard pedal doesn't work well in the middle
>ranges.
>
>I've seen many posts here about the uncontrolable "semi open" hi hat,
>so for what it's worth I'm working on a retrofit
>for the existing dtxpress pedal. It's not finished yet due
>to my ineptness at the mechanical implementaion, but here's
>what I've got so far:
>
>http://www.rainfall.com/dtxpress/pedal.html
>
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Re: hi hat pedal full control

2000-02-24 by pdk

Went to your site, Ken. Very interesting, not that I understand. You mention
trying the Roland, but have you investigated the HH80 pedal, vs the HH60?


=========================================================================

pete

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> From: Ken Anthony <info@...>
> Organization: Rainfall
> Reply-To: DTXpress@onelist.com
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:34:09 -0500
> To: DTXpress@onelist.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] hi hat pedal full control
> 
> From: Ken Anthony <info@...>
> 
> 
> In response to some earlier posts:
> 
> The dtxpress brain does respond to variable hi hat pedal control,
> it's just that the standard pedal doesn't work well in the middle
> ranges. 
> 
> I've seen many posts here about the uncontrolable "semi open" hi hat,
> so for what it's worth I'm working on a retrofit
> for the existing dtxpress pedal. It's not finished yet due
> to my ineptness at the mechanical implementaion, but here's
> what I've got so far:
> 
> http://www.rainfall.com/dtxpress/pedal.html

Re: hi hat pedal full control

2000-02-24 by Ken Anthony

I would imagine any variable pedal would work, 
as long as the polarity was correct. 

If anyone has links to better pedals that don't cost
an arm and a leg, please post them. I love tinkering
with the kit, but sometimes it's cheaper to dump a hundred
bucks then get PO'd rigging something together.




pdk wrote:
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> 
> From: pdk <pdk@...>
> 
> Went to your site, Ken. Very interesting, not that I understand. You mention
> trying the Roland, but have you investigated the HH80 pedal, vs the HH60?
> 
> =========================================================================
> 
> pete
> 
> Hot Java, Cool Tunes: Visit Caf\ufffd Pierre www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/4024/
> 
> > From: Ken Anthony <info@...>
> > Organization: Rainfall
> > Reply-To: DTXpress@onelist.com
> > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:34:09 -0500
> > To: DTXpress@onelist.com
> > Subject: [DTXpress] hi hat pedal full control
> >
> > From: Ken Anthony <info@...>
> >
> >
> > In response to some earlier posts:
> >
> > The dtxpress brain does respond to variable hi hat pedal control,
> > it's just that the standard pedal doesn't work well in the middle
> > ranges.
> >
> > I've seen many posts here about the uncontrolable "semi open" hi hat,
> > so for what it's worth I'm working on a retrofit
> > for the existing dtxpress pedal. It's not finished yet due
> > to my ineptness at the mechanical implementaion, but here's
> > what I've got so far:
> >
> > http://www.rainfall.com/dtxpress/pedal.html
> 
> Community email addresses:
>   Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com
>   Subscribe:    DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com
>   Unsubscribe:  DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com
>   List owner:   DTXpress-owner@onelist.com
> 
> Shortcut URL to this page:
>   http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress

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