Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "fionajms" <f.james@v...> wrote:
> 
> Hi,  I have a standard DTXpress II and wish to expand a little by 
adding 
> cymbals.  I just wondered if anyone could give me a hand.  Can you 
only add 
> 1 extra cymbal to the module?  Can this be a YAMAHA PCY-65S Cymbal 
> Pad, Dual Zone Stereo Cymbal E-DrumPad?  Could I possibly add a 
Yamaha 
> BP-80 Bar Pad, stereo, two zones, instead?  I was told that the Bar 
Pad is not 
> compatible with the DTXPress II (only with the mrk III) - is that 
right? 

Fiona, 

The free input 9/10 is in essence a dual-mono input, meaning that it 
can accept either two single-voice pads (no rim or edge) or one 
double-voice, or dual-zone, pad, like the BP-80 (which is perfect for 
the DTXPI, II, or III). A dual-zone pad is not to be confused with 
one of Yamaha's stereo pads (like the TP65S or PCY65S), which are 
really single-zone pads with a trick device that allows them to sound 
two (or three) voices when connected to the proper input. 
Unfortunately, input 9/10 is not such an input. Any Yamaha pad with 
an "S" designation (for "stereo") will be wasted in 9/10 because its 
rim/edge function will not work. (If you want to add one of these "S" 
pads to the DTXpress, then you can swap your mono kick or a mono tom 
to 9/10 and use the new "S" pad in the vacated input, leaving you one 
more slot to fill in 9/10. You might mess up Yamaha's default kits, 
but your user kits can make the adjustment with a few parameter 
changes.)

So, assuming that you want to leave everything else as is on your kit 
when you fill 9/10, you can either add two new mono pads (via a TRS 
adaptor--two monos leads to a stereo connector into 9/10) or a BP-80 
(via a stereo cable). You also have options from other companies like 
Roland, Hart, Pintech, Visulite, Smartrigger, Drum Tech, et al. for 
either mono or dual-zone pads. Some of the dual-zone pads from other 
companies will require the same adaptor into 9/10 as two separate 
mono pads do. I suggest that you stay with Yamaha at this stage of 
the game; integration of other manufacturers' pads is sometimes a 
sticky wicket.

Ed