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Step 6Final Thoughts
While these fixes are pretty easy, it would seem some sort of process improvement or quality control is in order on the part of Actvision and/or their suppliers.
It could be fixed readily at the manufacturing level, I think, but that begs the question of units already produced. The bumper-type units I fabbed could be easily made via injection molding with a bit of a slit clip at either end to avoid fasteners and drilling. Attach a sturdy rubber bumper to the apex and you're in business. Or pull the piezos themselves and remount.
There is the issue of crap soldering and wire management that would still need to be addressed. I submit that using tape instead of the sharp bends would be step one, better assembly of the elements and harnesses being step two.
Hope this helps some folks, If I can I will edit and add more pictures a little bit later. Happy warranty voiding! We makers don't need you anyway.
It could be fixed readily at the manufacturing level, I think, but that begs the question of units already produced. The bumper-type units I fabbed could be easily made via injection molding with a bit of a slit clip at either end to avoid fasteners and drilling. Attach a sturdy rubber bumper to the apex and you're in business. Or pull the piezos themselves and remount.
There is the issue of crap soldering and wire management that would still need to be addressed. I submit that using tape instead of the sharp bends would be step one, better assembly of the elements and harnesses being step two.
Hope this helps some folks, If I can I will edit and add more pictures a little bit later. Happy warranty voiding! We makers don't need you anyway.
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Awesome fix! My drums work better than ever now. Thank you! I'm almost embarrassed to say that I used some pieces of bamboo skewers and rolled up masking tape instead of the metal "springs". I was able to push the skewers into each side of the foam and used the masking tape on top of the sensor and under the skewer. I had to adjust the amount of masking tape for each sensor so they didn''t register when I hit the cymbols. Works great!
http://www.protoolreviews.com/how-to/build-it-yourself/repair-broken-rock-band-2-cymbals
What's cool is that the end result was better than the original, since the drums stopped double registering as well as missing the occasional note. It's now pretty much dead-on with every note, even through fills.