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Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:11 pm
by ignotus
If you're getting aftertouch messages when squeezing the edge, then its working and you shouldn't need to do anything to separate the bow/edge zones - you should get separate notes when hitting each zone and they should choke when you squeeze the edge.

I think you should've used a terminal strip for the hall sensor because once you cover it in hot glue there's no way to troubleshoot it. There could be a bad connection but you can't tell or test it with all the hot glue... Still, you can pull the hot glue off again, warm it slightly with a hair dryer and it comes off easily - those sensors are not lost.

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:21 pm
by GreasyBumpkin
OK, I've melted off the glue, checked connections, all seems fine, again, connections are as advised. Still nothing though. I think I may use up the last hall sensor and order some new ones, on the highly unlikely chance mine are faulty. Which terminal did you use? The ones I have are too large for such a small component

cymbal is doing better, I now have a D and C note coming through alongside the aftertouch, though I can't seem to get a good balance. It's a little unpredictable but it's definitely progress. May I see a screenshot of your (or another persons) settings?

Thanks

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:40 am
by ignotus
Hi, I'm away on holiday so I can't check my settings but I'm pretty sure it must be something simple. I've used a good few hall sensors and none were faulty, I think that's unlikely.

The zone separation should work every time because it's a piezo and a switch. Could it be that light hits on the edge trigger the bow? If so there's not much you can do, it's because the switch takes some force to close. If bow hits are triggering the edge, it's the opposite problem: the switch closes too easily.

Any electrical supplies shop will stock small terminal strips

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 2:41 pm
by GreasyBumpkin
no worries.

Do you know what spec I should pick for terminal strips? Some have an amp number.

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 3:25 pm
by ignotus
Any will do as long as it's the right size. The currents are so small here that it's irrelevant.

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:28 am
by GreasyBumpkin
Hi ignotus,

If you get the chance please could I see how the sensor is mounted onto your pedal?

Thanks

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:39 pm
by ignotus
Hi, I'm still away but if you scroll down this thread you can see an image of how mine is set up.

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:58 pm
by GreasyBumpkin
Thanks for the link

Again another attempt unsuccessful.
New photos here of another attempt.

I'm lost

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:07 am
by ignotus
On the female jack, try reversing the brown and yellow wires. I've just looked at the MD schematics and it turns out that I have the hi hat in my module wired differently (I put it together myself many years ago). I may have misled you all along regarding the wiring... so apologies if it turns out to be that!

Re: Fustrations with configuring switches

PostPosted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:04 pm
by GreasyBumpkin
Hey man,

So i've had a go with the switched wires and still nothing, now I'm doubting what it is I'm even looking for, I imagined the bar (CC) would be moving as I moved the magnet around the sensor. But nothings happening, no red light on the module. I'm using a TRS into the very first input.

Any thoughts?