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My apologies in advance if someone else has already thought of this.....
I recently purchased a CY-15R and was running into the same bell-triggering problems that have already been reported ad nauseam. I figured there had to be some way for the V-module to read the bell and bow as two separate triggers with their own independent triggering parameters, because simply plugging a stereo cable into the Ride jack just wasn't cutting it. I found myself in the same situation as everyone else: I had to beat the **** out of the bell to get it to fire cleanly. I messed around with various cord combinations (and by the way, using an insert cable doesn't work) with no luck. This is the "solution" I finally hit on (I did this on my TD-6, but obviously any V-module will do):
1. Run a stereo cable from the CY-15R's Bow/Bell jack into the Ride jack on the module.
2. Turn the volume of the bow-triggered sound all the way down (or assign the sound to OFF).
3. Turn the sensitivity of the ride jack trigger all the way up to 16.
4. Run a mono cable from the CY-15R's Bow/Edge jack into one of the module's dual pad (i.e. Aux) jacks.
5. Adjust the sensitivity of the bow trigger to your particular playing style.
Granted, this method takes up two jacks on your module, but it effectively makes the bell and bow on the CY-15R two completely independent zones and the cymbal as a whole much more playable and controllable.
I'm definitely happier with the V-ride now, but it still damn sure isn't worth $300.00!
I recently purchased a CY-15R and was running into the same bell-triggering problems that have already been reported ad nauseam. I figured there had to be some way for the V-module to read the bell and bow as two separate triggers with their own independent triggering parameters, because simply plugging a stereo cable into the Ride jack just wasn't cutting it. I found myself in the same situation as everyone else: I had to beat the **** out of the bell to get it to fire cleanly. I messed around with various cord combinations (and by the way, using an insert cable doesn't work) with no luck. This is the "solution" I finally hit on (I did this on my TD-6, but obviously any V-module will do):
1. Run a stereo cable from the CY-15R's Bow/Bell jack into the Ride jack on the module.
2. Turn the volume of the bow-triggered sound all the way down (or assign the sound to OFF).
3. Turn the sensitivity of the ride jack trigger all the way up to 16.
4. Run a mono cable from the CY-15R's Bow/Edge jack into one of the module's dual pad (i.e. Aux) jacks.
5. Adjust the sensitivity of the bow trigger to your particular playing style.
Granted, this method takes up two jacks on your module, but it effectively makes the bell and bow on the CY-15R two completely independent zones and the cymbal as a whole much more playable and controllable.
I'm definitely happier with the V-ride now, but it still damn sure isn't worth $300.00!
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