Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "gordonbakos420" <g.bakos@i...> 
> wrote:
> > Looks like I joined just in time.... I checked my bass and found 
it 
> > was wearing thin.  The tip to put a bass pad came in handy.  It 
> > seems to have dropped the already hurting volume though so I had 
to 
> > go thru the rest of my triggers and drop them a few notches to 
> > compensate. The bass volume is maxed out. 
> 
> Can you adjust the gain of your kick upward instead of bringing 
the 
> volume down on everything else, or is that what you meant? The 
> increased gain will compensate for softer hits that may get lost 
with 
> the extra padding. The volume control will not do quite as good a 
job 
> of it. 
> 
> New questions: What 
> > happens when the internal battery dies?   
> 
> When the battery dies, the module gives you a warning. Then you 
can 
> either order a new battery from Yamaha online or a nearby dealer 
and 
> change it yourself, or you can bring the module to your nearest 
> dealer and have them do it. It's unlikely that your DTXpII would 
be 
> running into trouble now; it's possible that your DTXpI would be, 
> although I've had one for three years without it running down. If 
you 
> have valuable kits and trigger settings loaded on a module that 
you 
> expect to poop out, you might want to store the contents to your 
PC. 
> Oldguydrummer's pictures of the DTXpressII module's insides shows 
> where the battery is, and if you run a search in the archives 
under 
> battery, someone did a detailed explanation of how to change it.
> 
> And Can I daisey chain 
> > brains by plugging the out of one into tha aux in of another?
> 
> You can daisy-chain by treating one of your modules as a mixer and 
> plugging the other into it via the aux in. You'll need an 1/8" to 
> 1/4" adaptor for the aux input and a dual mono to stereo 1/4" 
> splitter for the output of the slave. The advantage is that you 
won't 
> have to spend any money on a separate mixer; the disadvantage is 
that 
> you won't have spent any money on a separate mixer. An inexpensive 
> intermediary device would give you more control over the sound in 
> every way, as well as allow you to add at least one more 
component  
> the mix--such as a CD or MP3 player for practice. It wouldn't have 
to 
> run you more than $80 or so.
> 
> Can I 
> > use a DTXpress with my DTXpress II?
> 
> Yup, in every possible respect--daisy chain, MIDI, matching paper 
> weights, bookends, night lights, etc. Welcome to the group. Hope 
this 
> stuff helps.
> 
> Ed


Thanks for the info,  I'll be watching and reading to keep learning 
about my toy.  Who knows, maybe I'll be able throw out some valuable 
info, I'm a computer pro by trade.  Aslo, I'll be shopping for a 
good deal on a second DTX to add on.