Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:56:21 -0000, you wrote:


>1)regarding an old thread on this board on sticks, I'd highly 
>recommend nylon tipped sticks & NOT using anything heavy like 
>marching tom sticks.  The latter will eventually damage the piezos, 
>break internal solder joints, or knock the piezo from the backing 
>plate.  I've repaired several pads in the past due to this.

Why nylon tip sticks?  The force of a wooden tip stick hitting the pad
is the same as the force of a nylon tip stick hitting the pad...  I
can see a preference on an acoustic set because the tips sound
differently, but on an electronic kit they sound the same.

>3)ditch the yamaha cymbal pads.  someone has already mentioned using 
>a tp60 for the ride.  I'd use them for crash too

I use a TP60 for my ride.  I find the PCY80 and PCY80S fine for
crashes.

>4)upgrade the kick to an inverted beater.  I have both the S&S & the 
>pintech ergo kick.

My KP60 was dropping triggers just like everyone else's when I first
set it up.  Upon some experimentation, I found that a shaped beater (I
use that Pearl Quad Beater) and finding the "sweet spot" of the
trigger pad cured the problem.  It took some fiddling around, but I
found a spot on the pad that would trigger a sound no matter what.  My
KP60 has been trouble free ever since, about a month now.

Something I haven't worked out yet to my satisfaction is how to
route/wrap/secure all the cables in a neat and orderly fashion.  I
hate the look of all those cables just hanging from the rack, drooping
to the floor...I'm talking about where they meet the trigger brain.
What's everyone else doing with all of their cables?



Jim Tonak
ratzo@...