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Electronic Drum Set with Controller

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Apr 14, 2009. 10:14 AMspeedsterharry says:
insomartin, is there any possibility to change your tutorial and make clear the circuit only works with common ground ? The "ANY controller" part is misleading in the instructable. I'm off to buy another controller now ....
Apr 18, 2009. 5:51 AMspeedsterharry says:
Not all buttons have necessarily the same ground, you know
Apr 15, 2009. 6:07 PMspeedsterharry says:
Today, I connected the controller PCB to your circuit. The 4066 gets hot quite quickly, the other IC stays cold. I installed just one piezo and the corresponding pot (in other words, 3 pots and their piezos are left off, all diodes, resistors, caps are installed with correct polarity), is that OK for testing ? Hitting the piezo registers 4 inputs (they register after like 10 seconds and stay on, until I unplug the game controller PCB). I checked the circuit and didn't find any obvious mistake (shorts in particular), that the circuit is fed correctly. Does anyone suggest anything next ?
Apr 16, 2009. 12:52 AMspeedsterharry says:
I tracked down one source of problem: the inputs GND and the USB GND are not connected on the circuit. After using a wire to address the issue, the 4066 isn't hot anymore. However, the inputs are registered randomly, perhaps because the lack of pots on some piezo inputs is creating a lot of noise on the rest of the circuit. I'll solder the remaining components asap and see what's happening (and report back here of course).
Mar 5, 2009. 4:16 AMnomaruno says:
tol pano ba ikabet ung game controller sa circuit?na gawa ko na ung circuit kaso ayaw gumana..hindi ko alam pano i connect ung output nung circuit sa gamepad..dida dalawa ung contact nung bawat botton nung gamepad..saan ko coconect tol?thanks!! astig ung project na to!!!!
Mar 13, 2009. 8:34 PMnomaruno says:
tol ok na nagetz ko na at gumagana na...astig talaga!!! makakapag jam na kami nang banda ko...posible ba tong project mo na ma interface sa midi?astig talaga to insomartin...salamat tol...gagawa na lang ako nung mga pads tapos mag post ako nang picture...thanks ulet!!!
Mar 19, 2009. 3:30 AMnomaruno says:
tol okay na ba ung project ni insanegenius?

saka ano undg values nung
D1 = ?
C1 = ?
saka ung transistor saan ung papuntang ground saka ung papuntang signal walang naka indicate?

thanks tol!!!
Mar 24, 2009. 8:42 PMnomaruno says:
tol thanks sa mga values pero na isip ko mahal pala ung xbox controller..pwede kaya gamitin ung PS2 controller sa project ni insanegenius? thanks ulit tol!!!
Mar 26, 2009. 5:30 AMnomaruno says:
tol tama ka nasearch ko din na walang driver ung ps2 controller for windo...thanks tol!! ano nanaman ung drum machine for ps2 console?ung roc band na sinasabi mo? meron kasi ako ps2 hindi ko na ginagamit gusto ko i try ung sisasabi mo.... thanks pare!!!
Mar 22, 2009. 1:33 AMkurapica118 says:
tol may piezo kpb?
Mar 23, 2009. 7:58 AMkurapica118 says:
walang piezo sa alexan tol tumingin n rin ako sa e-gizmo wla rin. ung ceramic transducer nmn di ko alam panu gamitin. ung piezo buzzer ba pareho lng ng piezo speaker?
Mar 22, 2009. 4:12 PMelectroisok says:
hello friend, thank you very much for your project, is very well done, I'm riding but I have some doubts, I want to make 8 drums without cymbals or pedals. 1) In connection 4066 do not understand where I connect the outputs? 2) Where to connect the negative terminal of the SW? Thanks
Mar 9, 2009. 2:42 AMnomaruno says:
i cant understan step 3...please help me how to connect the circuit to the gamepad..my circuit is done and my only problem is how to connect the amp circuit to the gamepad...thanks!!!!
Feb 26, 2009. 3:35 PMgrim0 says:
click in the i in the corner of the pics
Feb 28, 2009. 5:43 AMspeedsterharry says:
Thank you very much grim0, I had never noticed the feature ! OK, now time to find someone for etching the PCB ....
Feb 24, 2009. 4:50 PMstyker17 says:
kuya, anu na po?
Jan 18, 2009. 9:57 AMhanks2567000 says:
my band would like to get our drummer to be able play on pads a bass guitar line. How do we go from your project here to a rig which will produce bass guitar tones. Thanks, Hank
Feb 15, 2009. 3:18 PMMilotisX says:
ok heres what id do 1. Make this, looks nice 2. download fl studio demo, free 3. get Joytokey, lets joystick inputs become keystrokes 4. Go into fl slayer, inside fl studio 5. assign drum pads to keys 6. thats basically it
Jan 27, 2009. 6:34 PMstyker17 says:
Yes. Sold it.
Jan 20, 2009. 6:15 PMstyker17 says:
insormatin, tol hintay ko reply mo.
Jan 8, 2009. 4:14 AMstyker17 says:
bigay ko number ko. text mo ako prepaid lang kasi gamit ko na internet eh. #09159032140
Dec 18, 2008. 9:24 PMhlfwy.thr says:
Hey, could anybody help me out? I made the circuit and it works...somewhat. It responds to the peizo, but the switch stays closed for up to a second before opening up again. Any ideas on what's going wrong? Thanks.
Jan 3, 2009. 12:33 PMGunpower2009 says:
i had the same problem like u..... you have to take a look at step3 . on the bottom u will see 4 1meg ohm resistors. An orange line and a smily point to them. Sometimes you need these resistors sometimes you dont. Just try it with them and let me know if it works. Cause i have the same problem like you BUT if i use these 1meg resistors or even 3meg or just 75 the whole thing become extremely insensitive. I have to strike with full force an my pad to trigger the button. without the resistor it is sensitive as i want it but the button is pressed 3secs.
Jan 3, 2009. 4:30 PMGunpower2009 says:
i have read in an older comment from insomartin that you have to use a ceramic condensator.... well i have a "Wima MKS4" which use a Polyester film as dielectricum. Do you think my problem comes from the condensator? and when yes then why make this a difference?
Nov 28, 2008. 1:21 PMN1KO89 says:
I have a question... Is the code of the capacitor that you used 104 or 102? Because if it is 102 the value of the capacitor is 1nf... not 100nf I made the PCB and connect all the components but it doesn't work... I don't know why : ( ... The IC's that I use were "goldstar GD4066B" and "7DYJKKE LM324N" Can you give me a hand plzz? Sorry for my english, I'm from Argentina.
Dec 2, 2008. 10:13 AMovm_x says:
yo ya lo hice y me funciona! el capacitor es 104, osea de 100nf. despues revisa este detalle/falla que yo encontré. el integrado 4066 tiene 4 patitas que en el circuito van unidas, si te has dado cuenta. bueno pues conecta todas ellas a tierra, pues resulta que ellos son el imput, y las otras cuatro que van al control son el output, que van al control. saludos desde peru (Y)
Dec 2, 2008. 11:37 AMN1KO89 says:
ahhh, no me habia dado cuenta de lo de las patitas... voy a probar conectarlas a tierra. y otra cosa, para probar el circuito tengo que tener conectados todos los piezos o puedo poner uno nada mas? como para probar si anda... Gracias por tu ayuda!
Dec 2, 2008. 12:33 PMN1KO89 says:
che buenisimoo!!! ahi me anduvo!! jaja era eso de conectar las patitas a tierra el problema... me salvaste las vida! :P jaja, gracias che!
Dec 4, 2008. 1:40 PMovm_x says:
no problem, gracias y suerte!
Nov 29, 2008. 3:56 PMN1KO89 says:
ahh ok... could you tell me the brand of the IC's that you used?
Nov 17, 2008. 1:47 AMzaibatsu says:
man! i made it work, big time! i followed ur instructions about the 1meg resistors and they worked like magic! bwehehehehhh!!! tanx a bunch dude! after i assemble this thing here ill post some photos of it....ive invested a lot on the rack of this this.....:)
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