Strange problem when hitting pad

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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby dmitri » Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:47 pm

If the length of the flat cable from the board to the pads is less than ~30cm than you don't need to replace it.
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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby Maylord.war » Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:59 pm

Is a pictures, is much shorter, the length not exceeding 10 15cm

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So this can be excluded? What might be other possible causes?

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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby dmitri » Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:59 pm

Are your pads connected to MegaDrum wirelessly?
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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby Maylord.war » Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:22 pm

No, of course, he use TRS guitar cable male/male jack's.

Sorry, I thought you meant the length of the flat ribbon cable ,according to your previous answer it sound strange...because how it's possible to connect each pad of drumkit on megadrum with only 30cm of cable..!? :roll:

In this case all Megadrum's users would need a shielded/screening cable :|
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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby dmitri » Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:58 pm

Do you use stereo TRS cables? If so, are the pads connected with such cables are dual zone piezo/piezo or single zone pads? If single zone, did you disable rim inputs on them?
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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby Maylord.war » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:56 pm

Yes, the Rim note on Rim/Edge channel is set to 0 to disable them.

The rest of the imputs works well, only the kick on kick input jack activate a random noteON on dual zone ride (kit toys cymbal) and some on the Snare (dual zone by diamond drums)
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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby Maylord.war » Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:59 pm

So Dmitri regarding the thickness of the cable is really true?

To connect Megadrum of each Pad with only 30-40cm of cable should be a mini drum kit for finger :)

In this case all Megadrum user's using standard TRS or TS jack (like guitar cable with a length of 1 meter or more) have a electromagnetic interfereces?

There are other possible solutions / causes about this problem?

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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby dmitri » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:31 pm

Maylord.war wrote:So Dmitri regarding the thickness of the cable is really true?

What thickness?

To connect Megadrum of each Pad with only 30-40cm of cable should be a mini drum kit for finger :)

The shorter unshielded cables the better. There is not exact cut off length. It also depends on signals strength cables locations and etc.

In this case all Megadrum user's using standard TRS or TS jack (like guitar cable with a length of 1 meter or more) have a electromagnetic interfereces?

Unless you mean something else, the regular guitar cables are screened/shielded cables. What problem do you see there?

There are other possible solutions / causes about this problem?

I'm not a magician so without having my hands on it and since you dismissed all possible causes I suggested I cannot really tell but I'm 99% sure it is either a cabling problem or something on the board.
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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby angr77 » Sun May 05, 2013 6:45 am

Hi!

I am also experincing a similar problem. Input 13/14 on my system. I thought it was a cymbal switch which had gone totally bananas...so i just shut this channel down. Coming back to this issue and finally testing with another cymbal pad on this channel the problem still remains.

I can hear and see that MD triggers several drums when hitting this pad. Hihat, snare, kick etc...have in mind that no other pads is connected to the md during this test.

I am going to reset my system to see if this solves the problem...but does it not sound strange?

I have been screening the cables inside the md but i can not see anything abnormal.

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Re: Strange problem when hitting pad

Postby Maylord.war » Mon May 06, 2013 9:32 pm

Hi Angr, well I'm not the only one with this problem :D

I thought it was a problem of my PCB or in my building but evidently it is also present on kit for sale by dmitri, I hope it will be resolved soon . Please report your test or reply in this topic if you have any news.

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