Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- 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




Many thanks Ed!  I'm not quite sure what I'll do yet but at least I
now know what I'm doing!!
Cheers

Fiona