Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bparker0701" <bparker0701@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> I'm confused about your last statement that the "ride is a true 
dual-
> zone, requiring two inputs."  My current ride has a mono jack, but 
> my book says that it's a stereo input.  Therefore, I should be able 
> to put a stereo jack into it.  Is there power considerations when 
> you have true, two piezos?  Whereas the snare (TP65S) is a three 
> zone, but two are more or less switches with only 1 peizo.

Dual zones isn't the same as stereo. Stereo components (badly named) 
work via a single input capable of dealing with a piezo and one or 
more rim/edge switches. Dual zones will not play both of their sounds 
through such inputs; they need two distinct inputs. They behave as if 
they were two separate components, like your dingbats in 9/10.

> I have Pintech Dingbats on channels 9 and 10 for the Bell and a cow 
> bell/woodblock.  Do I have to remove one of these for one of the 
> cymbal inputs? 

If you remove one, you'll be able to substitute only a component with 
a single voice, one-half of a dual-zone component, or the main 
element (head or bow) of a stereo component. Input 9/10 is dual-mono 
(perfect for a dual-zone). As such it will not play the rim/edge 
sounds of a stereo component.
> 
> What do I do if I need more inputs?  "Magic Box"?  2nd brain?  MIDI 

The magic box may be in your future. But it is still undergoing 
tests; oGD has it now. It looks promising, to say the least. Many 
people go with a second brain and a mixer, and some use trigger to 
MIDI devices like Roland's TMC-6. 

Ed