Hi Hat Pedal help

[bc848]

So I am almost finished with my a to e conversion and it is looking and sounding beautiful.

My problem is the hi hat pedal. I am using a yamaha dtxplorer module and I was under the impression that any old sustain pedal would work to trigger the hi hat. But when I plug in a keyboard sustain pedal the hi hat automatically sounds closed whether I am stepping on it or not. Any ideas?

[bc848]

Does anybody know if this will work in my situation?

http://www.toontrack.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=35474

[Bencthemusicman]

Hi, have you tried the sustain pedal in anything else?

I'm afraid i dont know about the yammys but i've made that design and it works great on my Roland.

[Rewind]

So I am almost finished with my a to e conversion and it is looking and sounding beautiful.

My problem is the hi hat pedal. I am using a yamaha dtxplorer module and I was under the impression that any old sustain pedal would work to trigger the hi hat. But when I plug in a keyboard sustain pedal the hi hat automatically sounds closed whether I am stepping on it or not. Any ideas?

Rolands pedals seem to be STEREO OUT, indicating they use dual trigger, but I am not certain. I use a MONO OUT Korg keyboard pedal to my TD-6V Hi-Hat controller IN and it works nicely. I tried Alesis keyboard pedal and it works too.

The only one that did not work at the store was the yamaha keyboard pedal. So stay clear of those.

[JimFiore]

Actually, the stereo out is a misnomer. Although they have a TRS jack, inside the pedal is a single position-dependent resistive element. Two of the connection pins are shorted together. (True for both FD-7 and FD-8)

[stickinthemud]

From what I remember, Yamaha hi-hat pedals are different from most others. I'm fairly certain that the DIY designs incorporating the potentiometer, or a standard sustain pedal, will not work. I am almost 100% certain that what works for a Roland will not work for a Yamaha, and vice versa, at least as far as hi hat pedals go.

[bc848]

I just found another design that claims to be specific to yamaha, anybody seen this before? Looks pretty complicated.

http://www.toontrack.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=35256

Thanks for the help btw

[Kevin_B]

There are also some sustain pedals that don't output continuous data -- that is, they would only give On or Off MIDI instructions, so your hi hat would always be either "open" or "closed" with no shades of grey inbetween.

Another problem is that sustain pedals (at least none I'm aware of) give velocity data. Therefore, a heavy stomp on the pedal makes no difference than a light press.