There ya go...........now I get it. Thanks Ed, for the great
analogy. I'm going to use a Remo pad for this project so I guess I can just use
a chunk of the foam that is already there. Gonna try sewing the layers of
plastic screening together as per the instructions I downloaded and inserting
the 1/4" tubing. I tried using a coffee can bottom with the piezo hot glued to
it and wired to a 1/4" jack and it worked OK but there isn't much volume
adjustment. Just a light tap is almost full volume no matter what I
do.
Ken
----- Original Message -----From: emfSent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 3:57 PMSubject: [DTXpress] Re: Cones
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ken" <boomer17@a...> wrote:
> I'm still not sure what "closed cell foam" is exactly. Is it the
stuff that is inside a Remo practice pad?
Ken,
The Remo foam qualifies; you can use it in your mesh pad. In general,
the walls of open-cell foam, or the surfaces of its "bubbles," are
soft, a little like the texture of a natural sponge. Open-cell foam
is useless for making electronic drums. Closed-cell foam is strong
enough to take a beating from, say, drum sticks or the continuous
pressure of someone reclining on it without fully or permanently
losing shape, depending on its density. The interior cells are hard,
like minature basketballs or something, bonded into a tight, tough
resilient unit. That's what you want for your drum.
Ed
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