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Does anyone one know where to grab a trigger off the Sparkfun MP3 trigger board? I am using one to make the GBot speak but my neon does not light reliably. Im pretty sure its working. It does light briefly when an mp3 file starts to play but does not stay on during the file play. Ive tried adjusting the sensitivity of the neon trigger input without success. Im hoping its not working properly due to line noise or poor s/n
Thanks
on the mp3 trigger between the jacks is a little swits that you can chift.
maybe that helps.
Hope this helps.
Dave Schulpius
Also the switch Nomad mentioned above is the USB or External Power selector. In the Vid DJ shows this switch being the USB position. This is because you've wired it so it gets it's power from the EZB V3 through the USB pin when you solder the cable to the MP3 Trigger. If the unit does not power up if you wire up in the video just flip this switch.
Also, here's the old page that will give you a lot of info on the V3 and how to hook up supported hardware:
Old V3 Hardware
I have the background sound playing through the other channel from a $6 mp3 board I picked up on Ebay.
I'm sure there is a ton of line noise in my system. I had to move the mount locations of the mp3 boards to eliminate hum so I have high hopes an isolator will fix it...
Make sure all your volume controls are set up to the proper levels. In ARC in the MP3 Control there is also a setting for volume that can be missed. It's a slider control at the upper right corner of the window. I always had to set this up to 100%
Please keep us posted.
Here's a diagram of the old setup
Alan
Breaking Out The Sound From The V4 Ezb
I cannibalized my old MP3 Trigger for the headphone jack. You can see the poor nurtured MP3 Trigger board in the background