hi there. as you can see in my sig, i have a 2box. my drum teacher gave to me 3 cymbals. 2 cy-8 and one cy-5. the cy-5 had a cable broken, i fixed that and it works great.
theother 2 cymbals work fine with 2box, but somehow their volume is not so loud. i have set up gain to maximum and still they arent as loud as my other crashes. ok , with maximum gain, it is not such a big difference as before, but it is noticable. do i need to change the piezo? perhaps they are almost dead?
should i change both piezos, or just one in every cymbal? any ideas? anyone done that before? also do you have a link for cheap piezos i could buy? thanx
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04-12-12, 05:02 PM #1
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cy-8 question
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04-13-12, 12:14 AM #2
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I don't think it should be necessary to replace the piezo with the same size, and I'm not sure how practical it would be to replace with a larger size.
But in any case, all Roland cymbals only have one piezo; the edge zone (and bell on a ride) only uses a ribbon switch together with the bow piezo.
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04-13-12, 01:46 AM #3
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thank you my friend. why did i think there where2 piezos? id bet my head there where 2 piezos. to be honest, since it is still working, if i cant find the same piezo and be sure it is easy to be fixed, i dont think i will start the process. has anyone done it before? thanx
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04-13-12, 02:11 AM #4
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yes i modded my cy 8. highly recommend) the original piezo is 27 mm which is why it is quieter that the cy 12, 14, 15.
i replaced the 27mm with a 35mm and made a huge difference! it triggers like the other cymbals with better sensitivity and cymbal swells are much better! the cy 12, 14 and 15 come stock with the 35mm piezo.
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04-13-12, 02:31 AM #5
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that is good to know. thank you. 2 more questions. first is how dangerous is to destroy the piezo withen soldering? because thats what i read on the other thread here.
second, are there available, 35mm piezos, that the cables are already soldered on them, so perhaps i just have then to connect the wire on the piezo with the other wire on the cymbal? or i cant find piezos with wires soldered on them? thanxproud owner of 2box drumit5 mk2
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04-13-12, 03:03 AM #6
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i buy mine with the wires attached . i bought my last one from quarts triggers on ebay but he doesn't have any listed. just do a search on 35 mm piezo on ebay. theres a guy selling them with wires for 5.00 plus shipping, a little on the high side though.
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04-13-12, 03:41 AM #7
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ok thanx. still if i am to repair the cy-8 for 5 euros, it is fine by me. so the only thing then i have to do , is to connect the 2 wires right?it is as simple as i can think? just twist them and put same tape around them? thank you
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04-14-12, 03:11 AM #8
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i would solder them as i would be afraid of the connection to come loose after playing them a bit, but yes its that easy.
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04-14-12, 07:30 AM #9
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i can solder 2 wires together? i dint know that. i knew that you can solder wires on a circuit board, but didnt know i can solder them together. thanx for letting me know. cheers
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