Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Are you using a new RHH135?  If so, I think a regular after market drop clutch would suffice, however, I don't know if this would damage the pad or not...

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "psych_9_9" <psych_9_9@...> wrote:
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> Hey guys, 
> I've been a long time list lurker, I've got a lot of useful information out of the group just my listening. But I come to have a specific question:
> 
> I have a DTXpress kit (orange module, not sure which version, 2 maybe) and an iron cobra double pedal.  I'm not a metal player or anything, but I am working extensively on my foot vocabulary and dexterity.
> 
> I've been playing lots of patterns between my feet and hands, using the ride cymbal because the hi hat is open. I have a drop clutch for my real drums, but never get the opportunity to practice with those.
> 
> Is there any hacky mechanism I can use to close the hihats for double pedalage?  I'm not afraid of soldering, or transistors if they fit into a solution.
> 
> Cheers
> Cat
>