[sdiy] easy triggers?

[Byron G. Jacquot]

>I just recieved a Tama Techstar TS305.  I am getting a midi-gate from
>EFM, but I want to know how I can trigger it now.. It doesn't have to
>be sequenced, or voltage controlled or anything even.  a simple push
>switch to trigger one sound at a time would suffice.  I just want to
>see what kinds of sounds can be made with it, etc.  For those who
>don't know, the TS305 has a trigger for each drum sound (6 triggers)
>thanks!

Get some piezo transducers.  Raido Shack will have them for a dollar or two
each.  You can get the ones in the black plastic housings (which are a
little more robust), or the raw disks (yellow metal disk with a pearlescent
circle on one side).  They're the sorts of elements you'd find if you
dismantled an old Tama trigger pad...

Byron Jacquot