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Re: Bass drum triggers by closing the Hi Hat

2004-08-14 by emf

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "b_marc" <b_marc@y...> wrote:
> 
> Tried both solutions without success, but... realized now
> that when I play bare foot it got worth. So is it possible that the 
> triggers and/or my kit gets bad grounding over my body??????

Here's another possibility: When you're not actually playing the 
kick, do you keep the pedal close to or on the pad? If you do, it 
might just trigger at the slightest instigation, and you might be 
more apt to twitch the kick foot when you're stomping on the hi hat. 
It doesn't take much. Try consciously keeping your beater away from 
the pad when not in use. 

Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I can't buy the electrical charge 
theory. Another experiment? If you unplug the kick and stomp on the 
hi hat, do you still get random kicks? If so, it's out of our hands. 
If not, we should be able to locate the problem, even if it takes a 
while.

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