Problem with my floor tom on input 9

[Andrej]

These are low impedance inputs with fast sampling. When an input is being sampled, the piezo, a high impedance signal source, is loaded onto a low impedance input hence the seen signal form. MegaDrum only sees the the signal which is loaded with input impedance.

So are the rectifier inputs better suited for triggering the piezos than the regular inputs?

Something that can be done to distort the incoming signal less?

For suppression false double triggering you'd better increase DynLevel and DynTime rather than increasing MinScan and Retrigger.

Ok, will do. In a regular input, the first half-wave is smaller than the following three half waves. Is that expected or
should I be looking at modifying the pad, and if so, what can be done (cakepan+cone)?

Thanks Dmitri, your support is world class.

[dmitri]

These are low impedance inputs with fast sampling. When an input is being sampled, the piezo, a high impedance signal source, is loaded onto a low impedance input hence the seen signal form. MegaDrum only sees the the signal which is loaded with input impedance.

So are the rectifier inputs better suited for triggering the piezos than the regular inputs?

No. If you could see only sampled levels on low impedance inputs, you would see that the signal has the same form as on an unloaded piezo but with lower voltage.

Something that can be done to distort the incoming signal less?

MegaDrum sees non-distorted signals but with lower voltage. What you perceive as a distorted signal is in fact a mixture of loaded and unloaded signals.

For suppression false double triggering you'd better increase DynLevel and DynTime rather than increasing MinScan and Retrigger.

Ok, will do. In a regular input, the first half-wave is smaller than the following three half waves. Is that expected or
should I be looking at modifying the pad, and if so, what can be done (cakepan+cone)?

With a proper construction the signal should decay monotonously. If it doesn't then there is something wrong mechanically. I'm sorry but I have not built any pads myself.