Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Well, my TP80S cymbals turned up this week, and after some tweaking 
and another re-cabling exercise I think I'm done with my (to borrow 
OldGuy's terminology) "phase I" setup.

Pictures are here:
http://www.manley.org.uk/stewart/stewartp2.html

Shrewd folk will notice that, in the labeled picture, I have two 
snare pads on input 2. I was faced with a dilemma... I liked the 
real-estate and overall playability of the Pintech SE-102, but 
wanted one good rim (usually for side-stick). I also like to play 
some stuff that uses a "piccolo" snare. So a compromise hit me... I 
will split both pads into input 2 using a stereo splitter (not 
trying to split the rim/main, both are wired identically). I set up 
the two rims as a piccolo sound and a sidestick, with the main pad 
as a layered snare. Best of both worlds! Hopefully. I'm just waiting 
to get the splitter cable, so it may yet not work out. I may do the 
same trick with my "spare" TP65, and use it as a low ride between 
the right-hand two TP80S pads, split into input 7 in the same way. 
It'll be the same ride sound as on the crash/ride, of course, but 
the pad will be in a more "natural" place for a ride.

And phase II? More inputs, Igor, more inputs. Sometime in the fall, 
I will either get a brain with more inputs (perhaps the DTXtremeII), 
or a second DTXpressII brain, or a trigger-MIDI converter. At that 
time, I will be looking to add a mesh dual-zone snare, a "real" 
separate piccolo, a bar pad, a couple more toms, and more cymbals.

Stewart