Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Regarding the mess of cables: I use a black spiral wrap to bundle the 
cables. I start just a few inches out of the module, and wrap all the 
way to the end. I put a cable clamp near the end, and screw it to the 
module mounting plate to keep everything plugged in. The individual 
cables come out of the wrap at different places - in the order they 
get hooked up. I need no labeling. everything stays plugged in at the 
module. The length of the cable and where it comes out of the wrap 
tells me what pad it plugs into!!
Scott

--- In DTXpress@y..., Jim Tonak <ratzo@t...> wrote:
> 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@t...