Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:57 pm
Folks,
I have been playing my setup for a couple of years now and I have intermittent issues with my pedalboard - notes sticking/not playing, etc. and it's due entirely to where I positioned my reed switches that I got with my MPC32 kit from MGB.
The reed switch bundle and encoder work flawlessly, but I made a mistake by using the original under-pedal contact rail to mount my reed switches to. As you can already guess, this means that after some amount of time, I inevitably mash a pedal too hard (or the felt gives way a little more than usual) and the reed switch gets shattered.
Moving them to the front is certainly a better option.
But this got me to thinking....
There are other ways of doing this, too. Micro switches, reed switches, the original wire contacts, etc. The most difficult part of the reed switches, to me, is lining them up exactly right. The same would be true of micro switches.
Which way seems to be the most "universal" amongst Hauptwerk users? What other reliable options are out there that I'm unaware of?