Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "kmwinslow" <kmwinslow@...> wrote:
> I thought the snare input (as well as a few others) of the DTXpress 
> was "stereo" (dual-trigger input). In fact, in the sound module, you 
> can assign a pad and a rim sound for the two triggers for each input. 
> And the manual says, on page 10, "Trigger Input Jacks are all stereo 
> input type jacks".  What am I missing?

The "stereo" term is a bit misleading.  The problem is that you can
make a pad have two sounds with either two piezos or a single piezo
and a switch.  The Yamaha uses the single piezo & rim switch.  If you
try to use a pad with two piezos the rim piezo produces a signal which
is not what the module is looking for.

> 
> And what is the DTXpander?

It is a circuit I designed - see the files section.  It was originally
designed to allow you to plug two mono pads into a stereo input on the
DTXpress to allow more pads, but it also allows you to put a dual
piezo pad into the DTXpress.

Keith.