Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:
>
> --- 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.
>


Now it all makes sense. Thanks for your explanation. I'm going to try 
plugging the PDX-8 into the 9/10 input and use 9 as the snare pad 
sound and 10 as the rim. I then hope to use something like the 
DTXpander to use 2 pads to get two sounds out of the #2 (snare) 
input. I think this will give me the best of everything -- 
maintaining the number of pads I have and upgrading my snare. Thanks 
again for the help.

--Kevin