potentiometer / force-sensing hihat controller compatibility

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potentiometer / force-sensing hihat controller compatibility

Postby redbullah » Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:26 am

i've found that force-sensing hihat controller here:
http://www.vdrums.com/forum/showthread. ... controller
is it compatible with megadrum? i'd also like to post my question here as well:

"i'm going to use this on a megadrum midi trigger and i'm a bit confused about the "closed-chick" and "heel-splash" sounds. all i see here is a force-sensing resistor but i don't get how chick and splash sounds are sensed here? is there some other sensors (like piezos or switches) for those sounds; or is it done by the module? (like, the module understands the signal as a chick, if the signal goes up from zero to top very fast, or as a splash if the signal goes up and down very fast)."
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Re: potentiometer / force-sensing hihat controller compatibi

Postby dmitri » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:10 pm

As long as the resistance varies sufficiently and gradually with the pressure then it will work with MegaDrum. What is the resistance of the this controller when it is open, semi-open, closed?

Splashes and Chicks are either generated by MegaDrum itself based on the HiHat pedal movement or by a sound synthesizer based on the HiHat MIDI CC messages received from MegaDrum.
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Re: potentiometer / force-sensing hihat controller compatibi

Postby redbullah » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:12 am

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Re: potentiometer / force-sensing hihat controller compatibi

Postby dmitri » Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:40 am

redbullah wrote:this is the sensor:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9376

Is this a question?
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Re: potentiometer / force-sensing hihat controller compatibi

Postby redbullah » Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:54 pm

dmitri wrote:
redbullah wrote:this is the sensor:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9376

Is this a question?


:) no, i mean, you asked for the resistance of the controller, so i did think you may find some information in the product page. all i could find resistance related is this:

"When no pressure is being applied to the FSR its resistance will be larger than 1MΩ."

the "MΩ" should have been "mΩ" i guess...
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Re: potentiometer / force-sensing hihat controller compatibi

Postby dmitri » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:04 pm

So from your link how will I know "What is the resistance of the this controller when it is open, semi-open, closed?"?
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