When it comes to DIY’ing variable hi-hat controllers, the main component used is typically a standard slide pot. Though they are cheap, they tend to only last so long before needing replaced (results may very). That’s because they are not designed for the heavy cycle demands of a hi-hat controller.
Above are pictures of a FSR [...]

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This is a brand new concept design which was inspired by a lot of talk on Vdrums.com about a three zone ride and this thread (Acoustic to digital drums and Alesis Trigger IO. Need help setting this up correctly.). I thought, if one can build a three zone eCymbal way not a three zone eDrum [...]

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This post is a continuation of “The Lost or Long Forgotten Concept?” So please read the “things to keep in mind” from the other two posts, because they still apply.
Single Acting Pedal and Basic trigger Pad

The pedal was a concept that I designed after seeing a KAT Percussion Fat Pedal. Think of it as a [...]

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This post is a continuation of “The Lost or Long Forgotten Concept?” Again, there are a few thing to keep in mind when viewing these concept drawings:

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A friend of mine was asking the other day if I had idea’s for electronic drums that I never did anything with. I told him “yes, quite a few”.  After that short conversation, I decided to dig out some of my old hand sketches and cad drawings.  While I was looking at these old idea’s [...]

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