Which cymbals to use (A stupid question about hihat pedal)

[janif]

Hi.

I think I got my little modified Bespeco VM14 volume pedal working as a hihat pedal. I had to add a 22k resistor in series with the pot (90k), otherwise I got false kick events when pedal was full down.

The actual question: Am I right that the bar on the display is "full" when pedal and hat are up and "empty" when they are down?

[rockdude]

Hi.

I think I got my little modified Bespeco VM14 volume pedal working as a hihat pedal. I had to add a 22k resistor in series with the pot (90k), otherwise I got false kick events when pedal was full down.

The actual question: Am I right that the bar on the display is "full" when pedal and hat are up and "empty" when they are down?

Yes that's correct.

[janif]

Thanks rockdude!

[ile]

I steal your thread because I, too, have a stupid question.

So, I have a hi-hat made with a single piezo, connected to "tip" and "sleeve". Piezo taped under a (soft) plastic hi-hat.

The pedal is a Hall sensor, which seems to work fine according to the LCD display's VU meter. That is, it opens and closes correctly - the bar goes from 100% to 0% to 100% in linear fashion.

BUT... when I play the hi-hat, I get 99% chick notes, and pedal position doesn't matter at all. I check the same chick notes if the pedal is down or up (hi-hat open or closed). Sometimes, very randomly, I get an "open hi-hat sound".

Granted, I haven't read the manual completely yet, I was just doing that, but I thought of asking this anyway. Any idea what might be going on here?

Thanks.

[ile]

Hmm..

Actually changing the HiLevel changed how it worked, although the bar is still the same (100%) ... But it's still not consistent. But definitely better.

I guess I will have to just do more tuning for now.

[janif]

I've been slow building my kit, but now I'm trying to figure out which cymbals to use.

What do you think of these:
Hihat: Yamaha PCY-65
Ride: Yamaha PCY-135 (or is bigger better PCY-155 ?)
Crashes: 2xMillenium MPS-400
Splash and china: 2xMillenium MPS-200/300

Thanks in advance.