Re: [DESIGN] 2Z/3Z Choke Capable Cymbal (by PFozz)

[tazinnuedo]

hi!

the td3 is not able to recognize a 3 zones cymbal like a cy15… it doesn’t have the technology… but there is an alternative…even if the td3 works with a 3 zones cymbal, you’ll have to use 2 inputs ( all roland modules work in this way)
so what you can do is build your own cymbal with two separate inputs…  bow and edge will work together on the same input… (look at keith raper’s design to convert a piezo like a switch)  in parallel on the edge you can build a choke switch… no problem…
on the second input  you will have the bell sound…

the difference between the roland technology and this method is  in the last one bell input will be independant with the bow/edge input…
with roland’s technology bell inpout is dépendant (you have to hit the bell but the vibrations when you hit it must be sense by the bow piezo)

here, even if there is no vibration on the bow piezo when you hit the bell… the bell will work
in comparaison, it will be two independant cymbal in one

you will have to setup the module with the xtalkcancel etc etc not to trigger the bow to hit the bell and viceversa  and try to isolate these 2 piezo…
(you can build an independant bell upper the ride to completly isolate them…)