Hi,
New member, long time lurker. I'm working on an acoustic to electronic conversion and this forum has been a great source of information. Thank you all!
I've got my splash, crash, and ride cymbals built and working. I'm attaching pictures of the splash and crash cymbals. The splash is a 10" Pintech practice cymbal using a 35 mm piezo from DigiKey. On the top of the cymbal I'm using a cut up Vic Firth drum mute glued in place. The crash is a 14" Pintech practice cymbal, also using a 35 mm piezo from DigiKey and cut up Vic Firth mute. I'm using an electronic (no moving parts) touch switch for muting. The (normally open circuit) switch is made from two metal strips glued to the edge of the cymbal with about 1/8" spacing between them. Grabbing the edge of the cymbal completes the circuit and mutes the cymbal. The electronics to do this mount on a small piece of perfboard in a plastic Radio Shack project box. The circuit draws a very small amount of current (< 1 milliamp) only when choking the cymbal. The battery should last for nearly its shelf life under these conditions, so no on/off switch is necessary.
New member, long time lurker. I'm working on an acoustic to electronic conversion and this forum has been a great source of information. Thank you all!
I've got my splash, crash, and ride cymbals built and working. I'm attaching pictures of the splash and crash cymbals. The splash is a 10" Pintech practice cymbal using a 35 mm piezo from DigiKey. On the top of the cymbal I'm using a cut up Vic Firth drum mute glued in place. The crash is a 14" Pintech practice cymbal, also using a 35 mm piezo from DigiKey and cut up Vic Firth mute. I'm using an electronic (no moving parts) touch switch for muting. The (normally open circuit) switch is made from two metal strips glued to the edge of the cymbal with about 1/8" spacing between them. Grabbing the edge of the cymbal completes the circuit and mutes the cymbal. The electronics to do this mount on a small piece of perfboard in a plastic Radio Shack project box. The circuit draws a very small amount of current (< 1 milliamp) only when choking the cymbal. The battery should last for nearly its shelf life under these conditions, so no on/off switch is necessary.
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