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I know all about the owner of the ST company and their oh-so-faulty cymbals. So every bone in my body tells me not to head that way but.. I've just bought a set of Field cymbals.. turns out the rims are not working properly at all.. mainly because Mr. Field didn't install the Keith Raper circuits because who knows why..
So I'm either going Roland or Smartriggers. My budget is further down now that I'll have to send it back and cop a huge shipping fee hence my interest in smartriggers.
All the people who've bought ST in the past would definitely not recommend this product, but I hear that they've rectified their methods and is now working without any annoying problems, so far for one member in this forum.
If you've bought ST cymbals recently(say within 6 months prior to now), I'd love your feedbacks.
I realise nevertheless that whatever the cymbal's qualities are nowdays, the owner's cust. services are still a big concern. But I think with the DIY infos in this forum, I'll be able to fix any problems be it with the PVC dampening sheet, piezo or circuitry.
Now what I want to know is ultimately are metal cymbals really work as well as rubber pads. Do their edge zones work flawlessly? The material being metal instead of plastic the isolation would barely exist between the rim piezo and the head piezo. So unless ST uses membrane switch for both choke and rim switch, this really concerns me.
And for anyone who might possibly have ST's 3 zone ride, do the edge and bell zones work nicely? Even if ST uses a membrane switch for the edge zone and a piezo for head and another for the bell, I just don't think having two piezos in one cymbal will work without having serious crosstalks. Which can't be rectified with the module since the bell is a rim zone. Rim gain barely seems like a solution since the isolation is just too poor.
Sorry for making this long
Thanks in advance
Kev
So I'm either going Roland or Smartriggers. My budget is further down now that I'll have to send it back and cop a huge shipping fee hence my interest in smartriggers.
All the people who've bought ST in the past would definitely not recommend this product, but I hear that they've rectified their methods and is now working without any annoying problems, so far for one member in this forum.
If you've bought ST cymbals recently(say within 6 months prior to now), I'd love your feedbacks.
I realise nevertheless that whatever the cymbal's qualities are nowdays, the owner's cust. services are still a big concern. But I think with the DIY infos in this forum, I'll be able to fix any problems be it with the PVC dampening sheet, piezo or circuitry.
Now what I want to know is ultimately are metal cymbals really work as well as rubber pads. Do their edge zones work flawlessly? The material being metal instead of plastic the isolation would barely exist between the rim piezo and the head piezo. So unless ST uses membrane switch for both choke and rim switch, this really concerns me.
And for anyone who might possibly have ST's 3 zone ride, do the edge and bell zones work nicely? Even if ST uses a membrane switch for the edge zone and a piezo for head and another for the bell, I just don't think having two piezos in one cymbal will work without having serious crosstalks. Which can't be rectified with the module since the bell is a rim zone. Rim gain barely seems like a solution since the isolation is just too poor.
Sorry for making this long
Thanks in advance
Kev
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