I am assuming you are one of the folks on this project or at least know them...
Have you thought about putting a second solenoid on the other side of the strum bar? It would halve the effort of the strum solenoid and increase the time between firings for each of the two strum solenoids. It would also help the problem of the strum solenoid not recoiling fast enough during rapid sequences as it would be forcibly recalled by the opposing solenoid's firing. I suspect this is the source of many of the missed notes in this song as it seems to miss very quick double notes that are not hammer-ons/pull offs. Installing stronger springs and overvolting the solenoids is probably also a solution but you'd probably have to put heat sinks on them at that point.
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Lucas Schafer @ Apr 23rd 2008 9:16AM
Through the fire and flames please.
Elaine @ Apr 23rd 2008 9:20AM
In expert and on hyperspeed 5!!
Kurian @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:41AM
The servo on the strum bar cannot strum fast enough for Through the Fire and the Flames.
John Laur @ Apr 23rd 2008 2:32PM
@Kurian
I am assuming you are one of the folks on this project or at least know them...
Have you thought about putting a second solenoid on the other side of the strum bar? It would halve the effort of the strum solenoid and increase the time between firings for each of the two strum solenoids. It would also help the problem of the strum solenoid not recoiling fast enough during rapid sequences as it would be forcibly recalled by the opposing solenoid's firing. I suspect this is the source of many of the missed notes in this song as it seems to miss very quick double notes that are not hammer-ons/pull offs. Installing stronger springs and overvolting the solenoids is probably also a solution but you'd probably have to put heat sinks on them at that point.