Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

will the the PCY150 be included in the new DTXpressIII ???
[this "virtual" 3-ZONE cymbal pad]
or will it be sold separately?
does anyone know? 









--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "oldguydrummer" <rdamon@m...> 
wrote:
> > Chris,
> >  
> > I little followup. I did a little more surgery, i.e. disconnecting 
> > leads, splicing.
> > 
> > When you disconnect the piezo in the pad 1, the rim switches in pad 
> > 1 will not trigger on their own. I then patched a piezo from a 
> > second mono pad 2 on the other side of the kit directly to the 
> > ring/sleeve  of a plug that goes directly into the module. I then 
> > patched the rim switches from pad 1 onto the tip/sleeve of the plug 
> > that goes directly into the module. If you strike the the piezo on 
> > pad2 at the same time as you strike the pad1 rim switches the rim 
> > switches will trigger the correct voice assigned to the rim.
> > 
> > So in other words, even though there isn't a direct connection in 
> > the pad it self between the piezo/rim FSR, the module does need a 
> > near simultaneous strike from both the piezo (no matter how little 
> > the strike is) and from the rim switch in order for the rim switch 
> > to trigger the Dtxpress module.
> > 
> > Once I get some of the newer pads that are coming out after NAMM, I 
> > will do some more destructive surgery on some of the older pads. 
> > (i.e. un-soldering, removing resistors, etc.) 
> 
> OGD,
> 
> Interesting. Even from the perspective of a layman, I suspected as 
> much. Do you know What the three elements in the Rolands are, and how 
> they interact?
> 
> Ed