Hi Devon!

>I'm starting a new live performance project involving my beloved TR-707, SH-101, and Korg Kaoss Pad 3.
>What I'm working on right now is triggering one of the KP3 sample pads by using a relay which is being >driven by the Rimshot Trigger Out. The problem is that I think the voltage is not high enough to trip the relay.
>The rim trig is 5V right My relay might be 12V...is there an easy way to boost the trig signal Should I get >a relay with a lower activation voltage
>My final goal is to tap several trig points inside the 707 and use them to fire the sample pads of the KP3.

I would never use a relay for it. Why
1. It is too slow - adds some milliseconds to trigger.
2. It needs too much energy to make it trigger.
3. It could lead to disturbing signals around the relay.

I would recommend using analog switches as the 4066 (has 4 of these analog switches in it).
You could switch the analog switch pins in parallel to the KP3 pads.

My datadial that converts encoder movements into plus/minus button presses also uses analog switches and works fine. See http://go.to/datadial

Ciao
Peter

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