Someone has to mod the Yamaha HH60

The Yamaha HH60 is an electronic Hi-Hat pedal. It is a “closed-half-open” type pedal with a stereo (TRS) ¼" plug.

Not all electronic drums work the same and my drum ‘brain’ (a vintage DrumKat MidiKiti) only supports Hi-Hat pedals that are a simple ‘open-closed’ switch with a mono (TS) ¼" plug.

Using an ohmmeter, I was able to find contacts on the pcb of the HH60 that behaved appropriately…and I added an old guitar jack I had…

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I mounted this on the opposite side of the original jack:

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Ok!

The Mechanic