A drastic but efficient solution for Roland cymbal pads problems. If you're here, you've probably tried everything. Do it at your own risk and be happy 😝
I have the black bottom CY-12C model and can confirm that this technique works for it too. It was also not registering harder hits (it was quiet AF). I didn't have nearly the amount of residue/particles as you did in the video but regardless, going over it with a brush fixed it. It stopped choking and it was twice as loud (so to speak) at the same sensitivity setting. Compared to brand new it still seems slightly less sensitive but I just turned up the sensitivity a tad and it's perfect now. The difference is crazy. I can't believe how even the tiniest bit of rubber particles or whatever can mess these cymbals up THIS much. Especially when they are hundreds of dollars. Anyways, THANK YOU for this. I really mean it.
Started having self-choking problems with my CY-13R at my last gig. Found this video and Viola!!! Works like a champ again. Thanks so much for posting video!!!!!
This is excellent advice. I talked to my Roland rep & he suggested a $500 plate. Peeling the rubber back & periodically cleaning fixes auto choke especially found on my Silver Cy14 rubber models, on the top of the frame. Those models are easier to separate just take your time. CY14 Silver isnt glued and is easier to peel the rubber.
Worked perfectly for my CY-15R. Had issues for years with the bell and the ride self-choking intermittently. Feels like new!! Also if your TD-20 LCD screen is lit but only half or none of the text appears buy some WD-40 Contact Cleaner (or something similar), open up the TD-20 module then unclip and clean each connector for the screen's circuit board. It's not as hard as you initially think when taking the back cover off. My set is like brand new now, I wish I did this a few years ago!!!
Somehow it took like 7 years for one of mine to start having this issue, maybe they made them better back when I bought em or maybe I got lucky, I bang the hell out of these Mine was so old and used that I didn't even have to cut the rubber in the main hit area, it was just already mostly crumbled and it peeled right off. Some of the plastic was cracked and I had those rubber pebbles on the inside, I could even see where they were triggering the choke because it rubbed black on the sensor. Works like new again, thanks!
I have one of the white bottom CY-12C and this method corrected the self-choke problem. In my case, there were two large chucks of rubber that had broken away and were siting on the sensor edge. After I brushed off the sensor edge the choke problem was gone:)
This was very helpful, I've recently had the same problem with a yamaha dual zone pad that's worked fine with a td17 module and then suddenly the choking problem.... I'll have to figure out how to get the rubber off but at least I know the fix now, thank you 👍
Thanks for the video. My cy13r was self choking and by opening it up a little bit i could see not only debris but the sensor ribbon is cut. Amazingly it still works cut in 2. Now my problem is to fix all the back cracked plastic.
before cutting your cymbal check that firmware is updated on your drum module. i almost cut my cymbal and found that firmware fixed my issue. i had pitch issues on my ride cymbal edge trigger before the update.
Opened mine to find rubber like in the video but the white disk had been cracked in 6 different places with chunks ripped out of it. What a mess. Going to try using some RTV to hold the pieces in place and come up with a way to re-enforce the disk.
Great video! I have a 13C that is choking. The Ride cable works and allows some ride/crash. The Ride Bell cable doesn’t work in either jack. I thought it was the cable but I bought a new cable assembly and the new Ride bell cable doesn’t work either. Anyone else have this problem? Thanks!
I bought a Roland kit a few months ago and everything worked fine until recently. This is my first kit and I have very little experience with troubleshooting issues. I have the cy13 r and when I strike the bell area now it causes the sound to become scratchy and distorted with all the cymbals and drums. I have to strike another cymbal several times to get the sound back. Do you have any advice or suggestions on how to fix this problem? Thanks
Hey Marty. Never heard about this problem, but it seems to be a module malfunction. Perhaps you could record a quick video showing what's going on and share with us, so we could give proper advice.
You could check the edge sensor connection first. If all looks good over there, open the fu***er up and check if the edge ribbon isn't torn. If the ribbon is damaged, say goodbye to your pad, unfortunately...
i have the same and with the same problem. I'll try to do this cleaning, but I'm scared because I bought it less than a year ago on Roland's website. Thank you very much, I'll let you know when everything goes well! I'm from Brazil
Marcelo vc é brasileiro??? Mano, preciso de ajuda. Meu prato parou de funcionar o bell. A cupula, ate cortei o cabo achando ser ele, do RDb. Meu modelo é CY-13 r Td 11 kv
Você abriu o prato, tirando a borracha até a cúpula? Faça isso. Pode ter resquícios de borracha lá, assim como acontece na borda. Se não for esse o problema, só pode ser o piezo. Dê uma olhada nas soldas do piezo.
@@radrums7362 abri ontem e limpei porem nao funciona. Comprei cabo novo e nada. Por eliminacao so resta testar o Jack e os piezos. So que o bell nao é captado pelo piezo e sim por aquelas fitas verdes com trilha pra sensor.
Hi, I have a problem where the CY-12C is only registering the top and not the edge. I tried this technique and the top improved still it is not registering the edge hits, I think it might be something else. If you also had this issue let me know if you ever found a fix. Thanks!
Same problem to me. It would be good if there was a manual on what things to check on the edge sensor to test maybe some parameter (resistance, conductivity...or I don't know) to fix this fault. I feel that in the other cymbal the same thing will happen. I have to hit it harder than before for it to detect the edge. What a shame...these cymbals are not cheap
I had sound from my edge trigger on my cy-13r, but the pitch was allover the place. After updating the firmware on my td-11 the cymbal works great. this may work for silent edge too.
I have the CY-12c, and I did the same procedure to solve the problem. Internally it was very clean, without any foreign particles. Anyway clean them. In the end the problem persists. If anyone has managed to solve this problem, please share the solution.
@@radrums7362 My cymbals are 2 years old. The problem is that they have no sensitivity. I have to hit them very, very hard so that they catch the hit of the drumstick and make a little noise.
same happened to me and when i took it back apart and looked more closely i could see some deteriorated rubber that was actually kind of stuck to the lip on the underside of the rubber. it was easy to overlook because it didn't stick out much. scraping these off with a plastic instrument finally resolved the issue for me.
@@juliangles92it's a pressure sensor so there is something applying pressure to the choke sensor. look more closely and really take your time. i'll bet there is some junk in there somewhere that you missed.
Он его просто почистил кистью. Резина разваливается на маленькие куски и мешает датчику. Но у многих Роланд тарелок из Малайзии эти датчики просто ломаются и расклеиваются на две части. Там у многих людей куча проблем с новыми тарелками (cy14ct, Cy14rt, cy12c, cy16rt и даже cy18dr). Люди играют 6-12 месяцев и начинаются проблемы. А иногда ещё меньше. Некоторым везёт и тарелки работают 18-24 месяцев, но всё равно….за такие деньги…обалдеть можно что за качество стало.
I'm considering upgrading my cymbals to this CY-12C. I see that Roland has a new version though, that is thin, and I'm wondering if this thin version fixes the problem that you are describing here and if not, if the thin version can be fixed in the same way you are doing the fix to this one?
Both my td27 cy-13r and cy-12c had the entire plastic broke about 3 years after buying. Any notion of "thinner" plastic sounds like going the wrong way. I am a heavy hitter though.
