Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Morning Stewart,

I believe that the new snare is two switches and a piezo. Yamaha 
seemed poised to offer a new three-zone cymbal (the new manual lets 
it slip apparently); the demise of the DTXtreme may have changed the 
plan. Maybe it will arrive with a new high-end kit at summer NAMM. 
Roland already has cymbals that offer three-sound capability, but I 
think that they involve a second piezo, though I wouldn't swear to 
it. The third sound on the Yamaha could be a bell or anything else 
that strikes your fancy. You can use anything you like as your hi 
hat cymbal(s), including a stereo pad. If you like the idea of a hi 
hat on a regular acoustic stand, check out Visu-lite's new Yamaha 
compatible hi hat. It comes with either a mono or a true dual-zone 
(not stereo but two separate piezos)top cymbal. Two of us in the 
group have it for review; we should be posting soon.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> Greetings one and all,
> 
> I am hopefully about to embark upon the fun and frustration of 
> owning a DTXpressII. I have a couple of questions on the thorny 
old 
> topics of dual and triple-zone pads... but hopefully questions 
that 
> are not too dumb. I have searched the archives, but this group 
> almost uniquely suffers from a problem of too much signal to 
> noise... there's a lot of good stuff out there.
> 
> Triple zone... am I right in thinking that this is either one 
piezo 
> and two switches, OR a very clever way of processing one piezo and 
> one switch to get two different effects when used in combination?
> 
> Either way, while I can see that being useful for the snare (for 
rim 
> shot and cross-stick) I struggle to see how that setup is 
especially 
> useful for the other pads it's available on (6 and 7, ride and 
> crash). Stereo I can grasp (bow and rim sounds and/or choke) but 
> what use is another switch? It can't be used for a bell sound, can 
> it? Can someone give me a scenario where the triple-zone 6 and 7 
> input can be used to good effect?
> 
> Lastly, can someone confirm that since the hi-hat trigger is 
stereo, 
> I could replace the TP65 with a dual-trigger cymbal pad and get a 
> more useful bow/rim setup for the hi-hat?
> 
> Hoping to join you more in fact than spirit soon...
> 
> Stewart