Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

cheers for all the info guys, much appreciated...

right, i'm gonna go for another dtxpress, it looks like the best 
option for me. i've been lookin around and can find them second hand 
for around £450, although I haven't seen them any cheaper i feel that 
this might be alittle pricey for a 2nd hand dtxpress 1. although i'm 
not entirely sure how much they are worth nowadays. do u guys think 
this is a fair price?

if i cant get any cheaper i'm also considerin savin up a bit more for 
a brand new dtxpress II. although i don't know much about the brain 
at all. those of u who have this brain, how good is it in comparison 
to the older dtxpress brain, are there many more sounds and are they 
better quality, or is it essentially the same module repackaged and 
sold with better pads?

finally, from what i understand form your replies to my original 
post, crosstalk seems to be quite a serious issue when using more 
than one module in any setup. could somebody please explain to me 
what crosstalk actually is, as i am not entirely sure at present. how 
serious is it, and how have (the people who have had this problem) 
reduced or eliminated it from your setup?

thanks again for everyones feedback.. you've been real helpful!!!
l8r pete 









--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, rdamon@m... wrote:
> Hi, Pete:
> 
> I run the three DTXPRESSII modules through a Mackie DFX12 mixer. My 
kit has
> been divided into three horizontal rack sections, left section all 
pads go
> through module 1, middle section pads go through module 2 and right 
section
> all pads go through module 3. All the inputs are being used on all 
three
> modules but by isolating the pads to a module in one area, 
crosstalk has all
> but been eliminated. I have replaced all the original DTXPRESSII 
cymbal
> clamps with Gilbralter multiclamps, which allows the insertion of a 
rubber
> isolator between the cymbal arm and the clamp. I took a heavy 
rubber hose
> made for a washing machine discharge hose and cut pieces to the 
exact size
> and diameter to fit around the cymbal arm before inserting it into 
the
> clamp. Because of the large number of pad clamps on each section of 
the
> rack, I was getting a frequent crosstalk between TP-65's and cymbal 
pads.
> Consider the case where I have two TP65 in close proximity and a 
cymbal
> mount between them. Since the module will only allow one specific 
rejection
> per pad, I could only eliminate one source of crosstalk and not two 
(TP65 TO
> TP65, TP65 to PCY65S). This rubber isolation insert has eliminated 
my
> problem.
> 
> Stephen, that's a good idea about separating left/right channel, 
because
> with the three modules I would have 6 outputs. By the way I have 
completed
> my conduit cable management system and it works like a charm.
> 
> OldGuyDrummer
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	brown8700 [SMTP:brown8700@a...]
> > Sent:	Sunday, April 27, 2003 8:16 PM
> > To:	DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject:	[DTXpress] Re: linkin brains...
> > 
> > Pete:
> > 
> > You can certainly add another DTX to your kit to add more inputs. 
I, 
> > and several others on this board, do just that. One member 
(OLDGUY) 
> > even has three DTX modules!!! 
> > 
> > I run my two modules into a mixer, and send one Main Out to the 
PA. 
> > On one module I have my snare, bar pad, and bass. I run the Snare 
and 
> > bar pad on the left channel and the bass on the right. On the 
other 
> > module, I run the tom on the right channel and the cymbals on the 
> > left. This way, I have four outputs coming from the modules into 
the 
> > mixer, letting me individually adjust the volume, gain, eq, etc. 
of 
> > each group. When recording, I send these four lines directly to 
the 
> > main mixing board.
> > 
> > The one thing you'll need to be careful of is crosstalk between 
pads 
> > that are assigned to the two different modules, as there is no 
way to 
> > use the Rejection parameters to prevent this.
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > Stephen
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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