Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey Stewart,

I'd love to be 46 again (thankfully, I can still add).

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> --- "isidorelechat" wrote:
> > I have been out of the drums world for ten years ...
> 
> I am much in the same position as you, except (sigh) 14 years 
closer 
> to the tomb. I too have gone for the DTXpressII and upgrading it 
as 
> far as it will go.
> 
> > Snare: I would add a Roland PD-80R
> 
> Not the only choice, of course. Pintech do a well-regarded dual-
zone 
> mesh snare.
> 
> > Hi-Hat pad: I would use the orginal dtxpress 3 zones snare pad
> 
> You'll only get one of the two rim triggers... and the rim 
triggers 
> are either side of the midline so arranging the pad so the working 
> rim trigger's usable might be tricky. I put a TP-80S on the hat 
and 
> am still using the TP-65S snare.
> 
> > 4th tom: I woud use the original hi-hat pad
> 
> Done that, on 9. Just remember to set up the trigger type, and the 
> default voice is a cowbell on every kit so you'll have to change 
that.
> 
> > Extra cymbal: I would probably buy another yamaha one
> 
> I was planning to get another stereo (Yamaha or Pintech), move the 
> single zone PCY65 to 10 and the new stereo on 6 or 7 to give me 
two 
> stereos and a mono. But ... there are many unused rim trigger 
inputs 
> on the DTXpressII brain, so my latest cunning plan is to use three 
> stereos... two on 6/7, one with the peizo through 10 and the rim 
> on "kickR" by splitting it into input 1. See what I mean? I've 
rigged 
> up a test and it seems to work. And it would be interesting to see 
if 
> there are any triggers on the market that are just FSRs, as these 
> could work happily split into the other rim inputs for bells and 
so 
> on.
> 
> My final experiment is with the Yamaha DD-55 toy (the one with 
seven 
> little pads in a silver box, that you see all over eBay). I got 
one 
> of these when I was trying to figure out if my desire to get back 
> into drumming was just advanced senile dementia or real. I'm 
planning 
> to see if it would be possible to dismantle this and mount it on 
the 
> kit, and MIDI it into the DTXpressII brain. I know it will work 
> electrically.
> 
> This is more *much* fun than Meccano...
> 
> Stewart