Yeah, this is proving very difficult. The CDS speed is mabye a 10th of a second, but it needs to be more or less instant for use on drums etc. Its a nice sounding circuit even with the CDS, but this would be a nice improvement.
The circuit:
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I have tried just sticking it in where the CDS is, don't ask why :lol:
Anyhow, I have "seriously" tried connecting it to an op-amp as an amplifier (I took this from a Mimms book where it is used as a lightwave reciever) then using the op-amps output on the gate of a FET, the Gate and sourse being used where the CDS is. Your going to tell me 1000 reasons why thats wrong
:lol: . Anyhow, it does'nt work, but it clicks and buzzes when I press a remote control near the sensor. Any much, much better ideas? :lol:[/url]