Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "gordonbakos420" <g.bakos@i...> 
> wrote:
> > I have to plead ignance on the diff between a dual zone and a 
> > stereo. I was under the impression that a single zone with a 
mono 
> > cable would come in on 9 and a dual zone with a stereo cable 
would 
> > trigger 9 or 10.  It was in fact the pcy65s that worked poorly 
in 
> > the 9/10 input. Reviewing the manual, It mentions plugging a 
bp80 
> > into 9/10 (whats that?) but says nothing about a pcy65s.
> 
> Okay, now we really are on the same page. A single-zone pad--that 
is, 
> a pad with only one piezo--will trigger through only one "side" of 
> the 9/10 combo with either a mono or stereo cable. Only a true 
dual-
> zone pad--that is, a pad with two independent piezos--will access 
> both 9 and 10 with a stereo cable (via tip and ring). An example 
> would be a Pintech ConcertCast snare (with separate piezos for 
body 
> and rim), a Visu-lite ride (separate piezos for bow and edge), 
etc. 
> The Yamaha PCY65S will not take full advantage of 9/10 because it 
is 
> only a single-piezo pad. It's second sound comes from a switch on 
the 
> rim that allows the centrally located piezo to make a different 
sound 
> when the rim is struck. This kind of pad is called "stereo" to 
> distinguish it from the dual-zone variety. The Yamaha BP is a 
thin, 
> relatively long, tube which houses two independent triggers along 
the 
> shaft; as a true, dual-zone pad, it is tailor-made for input 9/10. 
> This type of pad, which a number of companies manufacture, is 
often 
> used for percussion sounds, but it can be a practical alternative 
to 
> e-drums or e-cymbals because its unobtrusive shape is easy to 
> accommodate on a rack. If you don't want to waste your stereo 
pads, 
> keep them out of 9/10; use two separate mono pads or dual-zone 
pads 
> there instead.
> 
> Ed

Thanks for clearing that up for me Ed.  Now it all makes sense.  
Including why I must be sooo careful to hit the pcy65s in a way so's 
not to trigger both sounds.
-G