Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ed,
The only way I can explain it based on what you're saying, is the 
contact on the jack plug is resting close enough to the line to hit 
the 10 area  of the stereo plug from time to time. 

Gordon

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "gordonbakos420" <g.bakos@i...> 
> wrote:
> > I was setting up a set with my ride cymbal (pcy65 plugged into 
> 9/10) 
> > set as a closed HH so I could play dbl bass and ride the HH at 
the 
> > same time.  I guess since I am using a stereo cable, I am able 
to 
> > trigger the 10 input as well as the 9.  I had to set them both 
> > because I have no control over when the 10 is going to trigger.  
> > I thought I'd mention that oddity because it reminded me of a 
> thread 
> > I read about resistors in the traces. (diff between a pcy65 & 
> pcy80?)
> 
> Gordon,
> 
> Could you explain what you mean a little more? If you have a PCY65 
> inserted into 9/10 with a stereo cable, you still should only get 
one 
> side of this dual mono input to fire, because the PCY65 doesn't 
have 
> a second piezo to activate the other side, even if it is the so-
> called stereo version. Only two mono triggers, or a dual-zone 
trigger 
> (not stereo), with a total of two piezos, will allow both 9 and 10 
to 
> create their own sounds. A pad with one piezo and one FSR for the 
rim 
> will behave like a mono trigger unless sent to a dedicated stereo 
> input (on the DTXpress, inputs 1-7, I think).
> 
> > p.s. Are most of you living in the UK?
> 
> No, the group is composed mainly of people in the States, but we 
have 
> a healthy smattering of UK members as well. Australia and the 
> continent have a strong presence, too.
> 
> Ed