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Well it's been quite a while since I have posted as far as my build is concerned, but my latest success has been building a hi hat controller using a regular hi hat stand. The installation takes place under the foot pedal which makes for a cleaner look in my opinion.

Here are the components I used to build this:

1 Hi hat stand (I used Ludwig and lucked out it had a magnet on the bottom because the chain wraps underneath the foot pedal)
1 stereo jack (I used this jack http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-st ... LUG/1.html except in 1/4")
2 magnets
1.http://www.harborfreight.com/2-piece-cr ... 98406.html
2.http://www.harborfreight.com/10-piece-r ... 67488.html
1 Project Box http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-st ... .67/1.html
1 Hall effect sensor http://www.newark.com/allegro-microsyst ... =lookahead
Double sided tape
Hot glue gun (optional)


The jumper settings for the pedal were B,C,C according to this post. viewtopic.php?p=12815#p12815

Wiring the hall effect sensor to the stereo jack is as follows - viewtopic.php?p=12572#p12572

Here are some pictures http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzTGnzA

The result produces excellent sensitivity and range from the open to closed position.

Great

can you post your hihat parameters ?

Thanks a lot

Maylord.war wrote:Great

can you post your hihat parameters ?

Thanks a lot

Here's what I have so far... it works perfectly! I am still tinkering around with hi hat chick and splash sounds so those aren't complete yet.

ccrdclvl:1 (megadrum keeps sending CC 004 if not set to 1 in my case)
lowlevel: 375
highlevel: 650
open lvl: 56
SOpenLvl:79
HOpenLvl:102
Closedlvl: 121
shrtchck:100

thanks russ. i will try to test with the 1302 sensor.

Maylord.war wrote:thanks russ. i will try to test with the 1302 sensor.

No problem happy to help! Let me know if you need any help with it.

Hello Russ15, actually the best pcb system still being the syntex 2.5?? I want to build a megadrum but i dont know what pcb system to use.

Thank you.