[Geoff]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:
i had another idea : getting two cheap piezo mics, and attach them to
a ride cymbal, to make some kind of weird plate reverb. one would
feed the sound, at the middle of the cymbal, the other would receive
it, at the cymbal's edge.

Get a couple $1 watches. Take the back off, and you will find a piezo
element back there that makes it go beep. You can pay $3 for the same
element at Radio Shack if you prefer, or get a bunch of them for the
$20 minimum order at digi-key.

These things want to be driven by a high-Z source. You will need to
put a resistor in series with them to get flatter response. But if
you don't care about flat response, just use them as-is. A standard
power amp can drive them.

anybody ever tried this ?

No, but I have used the $1 watch piezos for guitar pickups. They
don't sound all that good, but they can be fun anyway. They want a
very very high-Z input.


They make good triggers for MIDI drum controllers....

geoff