Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I didn't like the idea of one crash and one ride without a bell 
either so just yesterday I purchased another pcy65 to use as a crash 
and moved my ride 65s to the right arm.  I did use the 65s as a 
crash too but I didn't like smashing it like a crash so I just use 
it for light cymbal hits and have two crashes.  Next I'm going to 
purchase the bell pad and place it on top of the 65s.  I really like 
the idea of having all three sounds in one place.  After I complete 
my ride cymbal I'm going to buy another pcy65 and use it as a china 
on my left rack arm.  I was considering purchasing all pcy65s but 
when hitting one with some power you might get both sounds and that 
turned me off from that idea, so thats why I went with the plain 65.



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "leffelejon <gadda@k...>" 
<gadda@k...> wrote:
> Hi all.
> first of all thank you for your feedback to my last post about 
> double pedals... i think i will go for the iron cobra jr.
> 
> Im thinking about expanding my set with a cymbal...
> I hace 2 right now... 1 crash and one ride.... it would be nice 
with 
> 2 crashes and 1 ride (with the bell sound) i have the original 
pads 
> that came with the dtxpress 2. i dont know how many things i can 
> plug in into the 9/10 port but i guess i can plug in one mono 
cymbal 
> like pcy 65 and put the pcy 10 on top of it? Maybe there are 
better 
> options with other cymbals out there who are compatible with the 
> dtxpress.  Anyone who have tried any other cymbals ?
>  
> I dont know what all of you gyus think but 1 crash like the 
original 
> setup allows feels a little bit weird... and also i really want 
that 
> bell sound that comes from real ride cymbals. 
> 
> anyway i would really appreciate to hear some thoughts and 
> experiences about cymbals.
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> Andreas