BASS pedals!

[jamiewoody]

i have no woman...
i have no life...
i have no job...

but one thing i do have...

BASS PEDALS BABY!!!

yes, bass pedals!

i finally figures this out!

are they finished, no...however, let me explain this to you.

i harvested a set of bass pedals out of a lowery organ.

after learning very little, yet enough about reed switches, i am able to use these.

i made a 555 VCO. no potentiometers, however i might add a threshold pot.

i hooked up each of the pedals and was able to trigger the VCO! YES!

but, the notes are not tuned. therefore, it is my theory that i can hook up trimmers in order to TUNE the pedal notes from C to C.

should i also hook up some big electrolytic caps as well?!

thanks in advance for any help.

[Gordonjcp]

but, the notes are not tuned. therefore, it is my theory that i can hook up trimmers in order to TUNE the pedal notes from C to C.
You could do that.  It wont' be terribly easy to tune, and it will be very sensitive to vibration and temperature changes, but it will work.

should i also hook up some big electrolytic caps as well?!

Depends what you want to hook them up to, and to what effect.

[jamiewoody]

bigger caps for lower pitch...

so i suppose i need to find the actual resistance for each note...