Hey guys,

I'll revive this thread to ask a novice question if that's alright. I wanted to test the instruments as I build them but I'm not entirely sure how to do it.

What i did was the following: I soldered 2 cables to the tip and sleeve segments of a TRS headphones mini-jack, then use those 2 cables to test sounds. It works for the noise section, I clamp the ground (sleeve) cable to the ground and the "+" cable to the IC33 pin9, and I hear the noise.

Now I wanted to do the same for the BD. I tried clamping my "+" cable to the "BD" pin on connector J1 (and the ground to the ground), then touched the "trig" solder joint in the BD section with metal pliers. I can hear some click in the headphones but nothing close to a bass drum. I tried turning the potentiometers to no avail.

Is something wrong with my soldering or is normal to only hear a click at this point?
Or is my method to trigger the sound not the right one? sounds dodgy but I couldn't think of anything else.
Finally, do I need to build the IO part and connect my headphones to the single outs on the IO board instead?

Cheers

To test the sounds:
One cable end attached to +5V, the other end you quickly "tap/touch" to the Trigger point.
The IO board must be used and headphones or monitors connected to it.

The rimshot voice must be reset "to ground" after a trig, else it won't sound again.

Wicked, I'll do that then! Thanks