3 zone ride completed...

[ronyd]

Well, until I can get some extra cash for JMan's ride 3 zone, It's winter, snowy, and have to much curiousity in learning this stuff. I managed to put together a 3 zone ride - Bow. Edge and Bell.

I did research on this forum or megadrum, and conclusion probably have to build a mylar film switch. A little more challenging. So, I had a brain fart last night and come up with this solution. I went to home depot and got a 3 inch Flexible Rubber Pipe Cap ($3). Cut the height down, attached a piezo underneath. I drilled a hole in the center so I can mount it on the tilt arm. With the cymbal installed on the tilt arm, The Cap is mounted next, with a cymbal felt between the cymbal and the cap. So it's isolated from the cymbal.

I'm using a TD10, so attach one TRS jack to the ride for the bow/edge, and the other TRS jack to aux1 for the bell. Assigned aux1 to pd7.

That's it, My bow, edge and bell works. holy Crap!!

I'll download pics later....

[benqbasic]

Any pictures?

[ronyd]

Yes pics. I tried last nite. Pics need to be resized. As they say "this thread is useless without pics" lol.

Excuse the 3rd pic. Was just prototyping so little messy with jumpers. I ordering smaller project boxes for this and my 2 crashes. I've been using Radio shack's smallest box, since they are local.

Also, will be shaping the Cap edges to be more rounded.

[benqbasic]

Nice idea. How did you do the edge switch?

[ThePod]

pretty cool, love to see a video of it in action.

[ronyd]

Nice idea. How did you do the edge switch?

I stool the idea from Jman. I have his hihat trigger. After reviewing other solutions, I like his small profile. Most of the other solutions cover a larger area of the edge, so you can grab it at least 12" along the edge. I cut a piece of tin flashing, Bent the edge to look like a switch, and mounted inside a piece of pvc. I put some heat to the pvc to get a flatter bottom. fastened with some foam tape.

Keep in mind I'm not a professional drummer. Just a great passion and hobby fo play the drums. So, my mission is to get an EKit as another means to play on when I need to be quieter in the house, and have the ergonomics of an acoustic kit. I'll never replicate the acoustic kit, but pretty close.

So this isn;t an elegant solution, but it's a cheap way out right now and it works.

[benqbasic]

Thanks for the photos. Im looking at converting a old ride cymbal on the cheap so your post has been really helpful.
Does the tin flashing make contact with the cymbal to make a close switch?

[ronyd]

Thanks for the photos. Im looking at converting a old ride cymbal on the cheap so your post has been really helpful.
Does the tin flashing make contact with the cymbal to make a close switch?

Heres the deal real simple. yes, press the tin on the cymbal to make contact.

connect using this link pic:

good luck..

[Trip McNealy]

Looks great, nice ingenuity. And not to hijack your build, but I have a JMAN 3-zone ride to sell if you want it - I no longer use it. LMK via PM if you are interested.