Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks to everyone who replied about the dead KP60. After getting off
the phone with UPS (sounds like I won't get any satisfaction from them),
I went ahead and opened up the unit. Apparently the leads from the piezo
had snapped right where they come out from the sensor. I still have to
pry off the glued-on foam to get a closer look at the thing, but it
looks like a $2 repair should do the job. I might still get a better
kick tower, but it's good to know exactly what's wrong with the one I
have now.

Darren Lo
lo@...


On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@...> wrote:

> Hi Darren,
> 
> Notwithstanding the gentle ministrations of UPS, the KP60 was 
> definitely the weak link in the DTXpress chain. Just put on your 
> reading glasses and run a search for it, or for kick drum problems, 
> in the archives. To make a long story short, double triggers, 
> dropouts, and complete silence were not uncommon. First, spray a 
> little WD40 on the cable jack. Then, when that fails, if you're 
> adventurous--and, as I've had occasion to say before--optimistic, 
> you can pull out the circuit board and check for anything loose. 
> Then re-solder every connection, whether it seems suspect or not. If 
> that doesn't work, you can always buy another piezo at Radio Shack. 
> In one of those more recent archived posts, someone gives the part 
> number; they're cheap. 
> 
> If none of these strategies works, or appeals to you, you could try 
> the KP65, which, judging from the lack of complaints about it on 
> this board, seems to be far more reliable. Pintech also has a couple 
> of options that have proven popular, the Vertikick and the Ergokik 
> (which is the less expensive of the two and features an inverted 
> beater; see the Pintech site). Ebay is always worth a try. You can 
> spend a lot of money for some of the other kicks made by Yamaha, 
> Pintech, Roland, etc., but that kind of expense with the DTXpress 
> would seem penny foolish. 
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Darren Lo <lo@m...> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I'm a complete newbie (both to e-drums and to drums in general) who
> > bought a used first-generation DTXpress off eBay in the spirit of 
> fun
> > and experimentation. Everything seems to work great, except for 
> the kick
> > tower, which is completely dead. The cause of death may have been 
> the 
> > "tender" ministrations of UPS. In any case, I'm now in the market 
> for a
> > new kick trigger (preferably cheap), and was looking at the KP65. 
> I have
> > a few questions, to wit:
> > 
> > 1) Will the KP65 work with the old DTXpress module?
> > 2) How is the noise level compared to the KP60, which seems quite
> > loud and clangy?
> > 3) Are there any other good options in a similar price range? 
> (Seems
> > unlikely.)
> > 4) What does the KP65 actually look like? Is it a large circular 
> rubber
> > pad atop two "buttresses", or does it look kind of like the KP60? 
> I've
> > seen pictures of both called the KP65, so at least one of them 
> must be
> > wrong.
> > 5) Not really related to the previous four, but some kick towers 
> are
> > labeled as stereo. What advantage would a stereo kick tower have? 
> Double
> > bass?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer me.
> > 
> > Darren Lo
> > lo@m...
> 
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