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Hi-Hat Controller Sensor on Simmons SD1500
Setup — Hi-Hat Controller Sensor on Simmons SD1500
Use as switch hi-hatThe Hi-Hat Controller Sensor works on the Simmons SD1500 as a switch hi-hat: open/closed only.
Continuous
Open
Closed
Wiring: "To Hi-Hat" branch → hi-hat pad + "To Hi-Hat Control" branch → hi-hat controller, both on the multi-pin cable harness
The Lemon hi-hat pad and controller connect through the multi-pin cable harness and deliver open and closed hi-hat.
Hi-hat setup and troubleshooting guide ›Cable routing
- Plug the "To Hi-Hat" branch of the multi-pin cable harness into the hi-hat pad.
- Plug the "To Hi-Hat Control" branch into the hi-hat controller — the manual notes this is the plug labeled "Hi-Hat Control".
Module settings
- With your foot off the pedal, set the resting gap at the clutch: loosen the clutch, raise the top cymbal on the controller until the released sound is as open as it gets, then tighten it — the clutch is the only control.
- Press the pedal to confirm it still reaches the closed sound; if it doesn't, lower the cymbal slightly and set the gap again.
- Press [UTILITY], then [MENU] to open Trigger Setup.
- Select the Hi-Hat input (strike the pad or use its Pad Select button).
- Step with [PAGE -/+] and adjust Sensitive, Thresh, Curve, Retrig-C, X-Talk.
Tips
- Set the resting gap at the clutch before judging the hi-hat — with the cymbal sitting too low on the controller, the released position can sound half-open rather than fully open.
Hi-Hat Controller Sensor also fits 71 other drum modules — see setup
Other compatible drum modules
Alesis
Audiofront
Donner
Millenium
Pearl
Roland
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- Roland SPD-SX PRO
- Roland TD-02
- Roland TD-07
- Roland TD-1
- Roland TD-4
- Roland TD-6
- Roland TD-8
- Roland TD-9
- Roland TD-10
- Roland TD-11
- Roland TD-12
- Roland TD-15
- Roland TD-17
- Roland TD-20
- Roland TD-25
- Roland TD-27
- Roland TD-30
- Roland TD-50
- Roland TD-50X
- Roland V31
- Roland V51
- Roland V71