Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Congratulations.

There's not much preparation necessary other than getting a carpet about 5
by 5 feet. Your kit will come with a bunch of keepers to help you set up and
tear down while preserving your configuration. Do those last.

Think about where you want the brain to go...left or right side, since that
could affect where you put your tubes. I actually decided not to mount my
brain on the rack, and instead it's on an old Coke crate under the fourth
tom. Call me a worrier, but why subject the electronics to the constant
vibration of the rack? I mounted a peg to said crate which the brain clamps
to, so it doesn't fall off. Good place to put your beer too, and pictures of
your kids.

This also freed up a few bosses and tubes to further customize my set up.

I fastened my leads to the rack with the handy velcro straps included and
put tags near the brain-end jacks so I can quickly reconnect the module
since I move the rack as one piece with cables in place.

When you clamp the pedal to the kick tower watch that the clamp doesn't
alter the angle of the tower creating a hump effect and less than parallel
hits on the block.

I toe-in my rack feet for added stability.


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pete

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> From: "Jarmo Pikka" <j_pikka@...>
> Reply-To: DTXpress@onelist.com
> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:36:22 PST
> To: DTXpress@onelist.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] Ordered it already...
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Yes! Today I made my decision and ordered my DTX kit. DS12 consist of
> DTXV2.0 module with double bass feature and six pads. Any tips for first
> time user, I mean what are the first things must do when opened the boxes?
> Yeah, I know stupid question, but I want to make everything right from the
> beginning.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jarmo