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360 switch for cymbals. How to wire?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 7:50 pm
by GreasyBumpkin
I've been slowly but surely getting the dream e-kit assembled with much credit going to ignotus.

Right now I am making the hihat, next step is changing the bell trigger on the ride from a peizo to switch (from a Roland to Yamaha style).

I've seen that other DIY folk have daisy chained multiple switches for better triggering. How do I wire these? Do you link a live wire from one top membrane to the next and the same for the neutral/bottom? Or, does every wire need to join at the TRS input?

I can attach pictures if it helps.

Re: 360 switch for cymbals. How to wire?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:30 am
by ignotus
What switches are you using? I assume they're membrane switches. Anyway, you can either daisy-chain the contacts from one switch to another and take a single wire for each to the TRS jack or you can wire each pair of contacts straight to the jack, electrically it's the same. I suppose the former would be cleaner.

Re: 360 switch for cymbals. How to wire?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:01 pm
by GreasyBumpkin
Ignotus here's a pic