Still an issue with HD-1 kick

[Xmattz]

Ok, my MD is working perfectly, except, It doesn't recognize my roland HD1 kick pedals signal (both for HH and kick drum). It looks like the HD1 is using a kind of propriatary signal on the kicks, that the module probably knows how to handle but not the MD (here is the most advanced post I found on the web after hours of research )

So I plan to add some sensor to the 2 HD1 pedals and add a jack to be able to plug to the MD. In that way, I will have the choice using the orignal output jack with the the HD1 module or the new jack output with the MD.

So here is the question :
1) What would be the best way to do that ? I was thinking about optical controller (as discussed here)
2) Will it work for HH and kick drum or should I use different system ?

Xmattz

PS : I know I could plug the midi out of the HD1 module to midi in of MD and this would solve all issues, but well, I would like to have a solution where I get rid of the crappy module...

[dmitri]

Does the HD-1 HiHat pedal work with MegaDrum?
Is the HD-1 kick pedal interchangeable with the HD-1 HiHat pedal?

[Xmattz]

Well no, none of the pedal works on MD's HH pedal input. This imput seems to work because when I plug/unplug the jack, I see the pedal level changing but when in jack is well plugged, I hit the pedal and nothing happens.

It seems that both pedal work the same. I think I gonna open these and try to see what's inside. But anyway I m sure there is some spce to add a new sensor, that's why I asked what kind of sensor I should use (and if optical can work as well for Kick drum)

[dmitri]

For sure you can use an optical sensor for HiHat pedal.
At present there is no support for using a HiHat pedal as a Kick but I'll think about it.

[Xmattz]

Ok so optical for the HH, and piezo for Kick.

I found tons of information on how to build toms cybal in DYI, but still I didn't found reliable info on piezo themself. Can I buy the 1€ piezo that my electronic shop deals ? What about the frequencies, I have the choice between 2.9, 4.6 and 6.6 Khz, is there any thing to care about ?

[elrules]

You don't have to care about frequency