3 zone Lemon cymbal with only 1 input

[LooseSends]

I apologize in advance for double-posting (I just put up a new thread today) but I need to know if my Lemon 18" is defective or it happens to be me that's defective since I can't get the bell to trigger at all.

It's set up as a Roland 3-zone Ride. Depending on the order I plug the two stereo input jacks in I either get nothing at all (bow sometimes triggers when hit very hard,) or only bow & tip triggering. I have also tried switching the quick-connect internally but that didn't seem to help.

Just to be clear, I get no apparent signal for bell hits at all no matter how hard I hit.

Also, I do get choke which works fine.

[Rob]

This seems to contradict what you've said in the link below. Please clarify. And make sure you unplug the pads from the eDRUMin when switching cables around.

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1439

[mprinz]

Hi, in the case of no signal.
Check your cables.
I would take a multimeter/voltmeter/circuit analyzer and check if the
bell switch is working. If it works the signal is lost on it's way to the jack.
As I know the build quality of those cymbals it could also be a cold joint on the PCB.

What about your input wiring mode?

[LooseSends]

Hi, in the case of no signal.
Check your cables.
I would take a multimeter/voltmeter/circuit analyzer and check if the
bell switch is working. If it works the signal is lost on it's way to the jack.
As I know the build quality of those cymbals it could also be a cold joint on the PCB.

What about your input wiring mode?

I'm not sure what contradiction I made in my other post, if you could clarify for me, Rob?

I have a multimeter and some basic experience using it but tbh I'm not sure what I should be checking for since I don't really know how the switches work on a two input ride, or how to know what I'm looking for really to test if the bell is working.

If I know I have the right jack hooked up with the quick-connect it would be a good start. Having it on either jack didn't give me a bell signal either way but at least I could narrow down how I should be testing it.

Meanwhile I'll look for some bad solder I guess.

[Retro Rambler]

Glad it is working for you! I may take the lazy way out (at least for now) for the new cymbal adds and just run 2 cables each for the extra ride and crash I'm adding, I have enough parts to make a couple more adapter cables but right now I don't need them.

[Rob]

Mprinz,

Does your adapter work reliably in version 2 now. I made some small changes to try to fix your issue. Would be great to know if the changes resolved your issues or if I need to make more adjustments.

[mprinz]

Hi Rob,

With regard to the edge sensitivity?
It's great. I am fine. No unwanted edge triggers.

Thank you!

Manuel