Future of this project, suggestions and general discussion

[ignotus]

Yep, that definitely sounds better.

[privatex]

I moving on the right direction as always . I'm gonna make decent kit from this gear. Thx guys for good discussion, I dont work for any marketing team and I know to ask unpopular questions. Democracy is double-edged sword.

[airflamesred]

Sounds better, what did you do?

[ignotus]

Glad you're making progress. Discussing and questioning things is always good as long as it's kept civil, so fire away mate!

[privatex]

Well:
- I changed curve to log3custom4, decreased threshold and Retriger mask, dinTime and dinlevel are on 0,minscan lowered too and thats it. I just tried to make pad more sensitive so I can have good velocity on zones beside center spot. And for hi hat I increased HiLevel value, put curve back to log1 and little playing with parametres that I mentioned. My hats are weakest part of the kit, I'm thinking about buying maybe VH11, I dont know...
Theres still bunch of things to do, but drumset is better from day to day. One day I will accomplish that feeling as close as possible, until then step by step.
Intentions are essential, my are not bad so I'm good with that ascertainment ignotus.

[privatex]

I tried another type of piezo for rim sensor and it works better. It's a stick piezo which guitarists use below guitar bridge. There are two types-flexible and solid.
http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/3229 ... able-b.jpg
Triggering and rimshots are more accurate than with just standard piezo disc. You can attach them even directly on drum hoop.

[Chrescht]

Hi Privatex,
How do you have mounted the Rim Piezo?
A lot of people just glue it on to the shell but it must be fixed horizontally(same direction as Head Piezo) on the shell with a bracket for Example.
Like this it captures much better Rim Hits.
I read this on the Vdrum forum once. And infact it works much better.

Greatings

Chrescht

[privatex]

It's logical indeed, force come from stick through hoop/screws/lugs finally to the some L profil (wood shell is just an extra barrier for vibrations). I stuck piezo with epoxy on bottom side of hoop, but before I tried this piezo in stick I used disc piezo on wood shell (it had poor,inaccurate signals).
I like vdrums.com too, there's a bunch of good DIY advices.
Cheers.

[Chrescht]

Hi Privatex,

Glueing it with Epoxy is not the best solution.
The piezo needs to swing freely for best trigger results.
For this, doubleface tape(+-1mm thick) is good.
I positioned it exactly in the midle.
For me it is the best solution.

Greatings

Christian

[privatex]

It seems that you didn't catch which piezo I used to replace disc piezo. Its piezo in stick for acoustic guitars which I glue directly to the drum hoop and works better for me.

Regards