Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ed, your saying I can use #9/10 
to run the visu-lite ride....
By: selecting #9 as the Ride and #10 as the bell tones Right? 

I guess if thats it I will have to make do with 1 ride 
and 2 crashes. Good enough for home practice. 

LIKE THIS:
#6 a crash (chokeable)
#7 a crash (chokable)
#9 regular Ride
#9 the Bell of a ride 
Am I correct here? 
Please advise....and thanks (thus far) for all your help. 

I think you understand when I say; "I dont wanna buy a Ride with a 
bell built in" Just to find out...It won't work with Yammy mod. 

Besides, I like to know what Im looking for/at (and come across 
knowing)
while searching at G.C. (guitar center) 
Man, this electronic kit will give me a better understanding of 
"Know your users Manual" <- Whats that?  LMAO!!! BIGTIME! 

Im a brass freak! 14 (accostic)cymbals in my arsenal. 
Yamamha should have looked into adding 3 to 5 more inputs on 
the DTexII (just my opinion)

I have a couple more Q:s But I dont wanna confuse myself!!! 

Thanks again,
JD 

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "JD Jerry Davis /Team Bozi 
Drummer" 
> <zmintcard@y...> wrote:
> 
> JD,
> 
> First of all, nice pics. Hey, I went blond(er) during the New Wave 
> days of the early 1980s. I don't remember if I had more fun. 
>  
> > If the visu-lite works well I will buy one immediatly.
> 
> They are my faves; I've used them both with ddrum and Yamaha. They 
> trigger well for me through both. Check out the website 
> (http://www.visu-lite.com/), and search in the group archives 
> under "Visu-lite" for testimonials other than mine, although many 
of 
> them will be mine. I had a hand in getting the Yamaha-compatible 
Visu-
> lite hi hat produced. Take a look at it at the Visu-lite site.
>   
> > ANOTHER Q: Can I use the input #6(ride) to trigger the visulite?.
> > to obtain: both ride and bell sounds? can they be triggered 
> seperate 
> > on #6 ?)
> > OR must I; run the (visu-lite) only in #9/10 to achive ride & 
bell
> > seperation (2 different sounds) 
> 
> Alas, no. Input 6 will only work with triggers that feature one 
> piezo, like all of the ones that you got with your DTXpress. Even 
> though your Yamaha ride will get both a bow and rim sound, the 
effect 
> is produced using only a single trigger in conjunction with what 
is 
> called a "switch." The Visu-lite is a true dual-zone cymbal, 
meaning 
> that it uses two separate piezos for bow and bell, and so two 
> separate inputs. You can trigger the bow in input 6; you'll need a 
> second input for the bell.
> > 
> > AND IF:
> > #6 (input) Will work for dual zone *Ride w/ Bell (seperate 
sounds) 
> > THEN:  
> > Can I then use #9/10 to add 2 more (seperate) crashes? 
> > Im figuring: CORD 1 stereo Y splitter to 2 mono plugs. 
> > Set #9 trigger to crash & #10 to China. 
> 
> Because input 6 doesn't cooperate, your scenario would now be 
input 6 
> for bow of Visu-lite, input 9 for the Visu-lite bell and input 10 
for 
> your crash or china.
> > 
> > OH PLEASE TELL ME, "Yeah, JD that will work"
> 
> Sorry, see above. But it's not a total loss by any means.
>  
> > Ya know, this is almost embarassing! having to ask Q:s
> > I have played 30 years The last 20 years being a pro....
> > ***If you blindfolded me and handed me ANY piece (no matter how 
> > small) item/piece/hardware off an "Accoustic" kit I could tell 
you 
> > exactly what it was, And assmeble it together in the dark!*** 
> 
> You can probably run circles around me in the dark when it comes 
to 
> acoustic components, even though I started playing 40 years ago. I 
> was never much of a gear head in my heavy professional playing 
days, 
> but the brave new world of electronics turned me into one, to some 
> extent. We all go through it, and we all come through it. 
> Electronics, however, are a never-ending adventure. Keep in touch.
> 
> Ed