Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks for pointing that out, Stewart. Now, if only I could join 
another pad to a rim...  On second thoughts, I'll start saving up for 
a second module.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" <moosetication@y...> 
wrote:
> --- "Nick Carroll" wrote:
> > I feel like a really dummy. ...I've only just twigged
> > that I can virtually double the number of pads on my
> > kit by splitting each stereo input.
> 
> Alas, you can't. Search back a couple of weeks in the messages here 
> if you want to indulge in a little schadenfreude as I thought the 
> same and was then put to rights.
> 
> In short, the stereo inputs are not what you might think at first. 
> They take one piezo trigger, and a membrane switch (rim/choke). The 
> switch does not trigger a sound in its own right, but modifies the 
> sound triggered by the piezo. Therefore they can't be used 
> independently. The only input that can be split is 9/10, for which 
> you can get suitable cables from (in the UK, anyway) someone like 
> Maplin. You need a 1/4" (6.5mm) stereo jack (male) to two 1/4" 
> (6.5mm) mono plugs (female).
> 
> Sorry.
> 
> Stewart