[sdiy] learning from early drum machines?

[Dave Manley]

Dan Snazelle wrote:
> ingo
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> what if i used a grid of 8 (columns) by 3 or 4 rows
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> so that would be 24 switches. at the end of the row, the total amount of switches set to ON would be the amount of triggers that get through to the specific drum.
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> (kick, hat, snare would be the three)
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> this i get with ONE 4016
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> but with the jacks, i dont know how they all connect (unless each indiidual drum hit has its own cord which would get MESSY! lets say i wanted a four on the florr kick...well that would be 4 cables multed to the kick..
>   
I think he intended the jacks to be used as 'shorting' plugs with a 
diode built into the body of the jack - sort of like the shorting pins 
used on a VCS3 - no cables are attached to the jacks.

-Dave