Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Dear Keith,

Thank you for the swift response.

I'm glad to hear that the roland pads and cymbals should work. To 
your best knowledge, are those rolands stereo pads and not double 
piazzo? I was assuming that it's only a setting problem in my part.

Let's review:
1) I used a stereo cable.
2) I connected the cymbal to the crash input (and after that to the 
ride, the result was the same).
3) The trigger type was PCY crash/PCY ride. I wasn't thinking about 
trying anything else, since I knew the PCY65S should work on this 
setting, and if the roland cymbal works at all, it will be on this 
setting.
4) I tried turning on and off the RimToPad setting. I read in the 
manual what it does, but I didn't understand. Is it at all related 
to my situation?
5) I used kits that have rim voices on them. Pressing "voice" 
triggers the sound.
6) Hitting the front side of the cymbal "triggers" the rim, but does 
not play the sound, it stays on 0% triggering.
7) Hitting the back side triggers the pad sound correctly. I believe 
that the pad sound should be triggered by the front side, but I'm 
willing to overlook this if I can get the rest to function correctly.

I can return to the store again, but the only thing I can think of 
is to try different trigger types (MISC). If it doesn't work, I'm in 
a lose again. 

Does anyone have any more ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Tal

P.S.
I live in europe. 

P.P.S
I stayed longer with the DD55 because I liked the fact that it 
fitted into a small hand bag (or maybe I stayed longer because I'm a 
slower learner than you?).. Now I have a mighty big travel bag to 
store the DTXpress in it.. I'm also too lazy to dismantle it every 
time, so it usually stays at my friend's house where we jam, and I 
almost don't practice at home..


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:
>
> I have not tried it, but as far as I know, the Roland pads should 
work.
> 
> Did you try the editing the trigger settings to select a different 
pad
> type (shift+trigger)?  Also, by pressing the voice button you 
should
> be able to see which pad has been detected when you hit it, e.g. 
snare
> or snrR1 for the rim.  You also need to make sure there is a voice 
set
> up for the rim.
> 
> You don't say where you are, but in the USA you could buy the parts
> you need (e.g. Yamaha pads) from Drumbalaya 
http://www.drumbalaya.com/
> or in Europe from Thomman http://www.thomann.de/
> 
> You did well to last two years with a DD55 - I lasted a month 
before I
> was looking at the DTXpress.
> 
> Keith.
>