Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Okay, I've reviving a a really old thread because it sounded very
interesting...

Did anyone ever get around to trying what OGD suggested in separating
the two sides of the FSR in a PCY65S to make it a three zone?


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, rdamon@... wrote:
>
>> Ed,
>
> If you notice in the photos for the TP65S there are three Resistors,
R1, R2,
> R3. Only R1 and R2 exists on the TP65, whick tells me they are used
with the
> piezo only.
>
> Since the R3 resistor only exists in the TP65S it must be for the Rim
> switches. If you had just one common rim switch (like in the PCY65S)
then
> the second lead present in the stereo cable out could pass that signal
> without a need for a resistor.
>
> So I am guessing that the resistor is be used to distinguish the
different
> between a signal being sent from Rim1 as oppose to from Rim2.
>
> How that could works is like this (guess on my part, if I had to
design one,
> this is how I would proceed.) Let's say a 12volt signal would indicate
that
> the Rim1 FSR had triggered, and a say 6 volt signal (in-line resistor
> reducing signal from 12 volts to 6 volts) would indicate a Rim2 FSR
had
> triggered. Simple.
>
> Since both sides of the FSR ribben in the PCY65S trigger the same
sound,
> there would be no need for a Resister to determine which of the two
sounds
> had triggered, and so only a jumper wire would be needed. So that
regardless
> of which side was struck the same say 12 volts signal would trigger
the
> common rim FSR switch.
>
> What would be interesting to find out is if you were to buy a resistor
that
> matches the one in the TP65S and install it in the PCY65S in place of
the
> jumper and see if the two sides of the rim FSR trigger separate
sounds. Then
> with little expense and some soldering, the left side of the rim could
be
> the "Rim1=Bell pad", and the right side of the pad could be "Rim2=edge
pad",
> leaving the bow as the main cymbal sound.
>
> OGD
>