Drum Trigger For Sound Lab

+9V Ray Wilson July 2005

2
10M
R1 3 4

1
1 P1 1 a k 5
U1-A

2
10M LF444 R3
2 D1 U1-B 7 1 2
RS-273-073A 1 CV OUT 1

2
R2 11 1 LF444

1
2M C1 6 1K
.1uF

2
R5 2

1
10M -9V R6
1 2
R4 CV OUT 2

1
1K

Peak voltage out depends on how

You can use more or less 10M hard you strike the block of wood
resistors to load the piezo and with the mounted piezo.
increase or decrease the voltage All diodes are 1N914 or 1N4148
from the piezo element. These
values worked for a Radio Shack
piezo epoxied to a 8" x 8" block V+
of wood.
A trigger occurs for every strike.
a k 10 GND
C3
Radio Shack's piezo is
D2 U1-C 8 12
a suggestion. You can use just
2

2
about any 1" piezo with the epoxied 1 LF444 R9
1M C2 9 U1-D 14 a k 1 2
crystal on it. If you use the Radio Shack .01uF TRIG OUT
.01uF

2
you have to get the element out of the R7 2 LF444
1

13 D3 1K
plastic case CAREFULLY don't bend 1M

2
the brass looking resonating disc. R8

1
47K
R10

1
+9V
Polarity of the piezo R11 R12
does not matter. 1 2 1 2
100K 1 10M
Block of wood C4
.01uF
2

Epoxy the element to

a board. Strike the other side
with drum sticks.

Piezo element