Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- oldguydrummer wrote:
> (science experiment)
> Any other suggestions, I game to try it.

I just did a much more crude experiment:

Switch tom1 pad type from TP65-2 (mono) to TP65-1 (stereo) so that 
it can handle the rim. It still physically has a TP65-2 attached.

Take the mono cable from the TP65-2, and wire the core (tip) 
connector to BOTH the tip and ring of a stereo plug. Shield goes to 
sleeve as usual.

If I hit the pad HARD, I get the RIM sound on that input! Less hard, 
I get the pad sound. Essentially, the piezo signal must be big 
enough when you really whack it that it looks like a switch closure.

Basically, this is "Shack Adapting" as used by Roland drivers who 
don't have layering on their modules.

Now all one needs to do this properly is a magic box to ensure the 
rim simulation doesn't need the pad to be struck with a lump hammer, 
and we're done! 

I'm going to send you a picture, because my prose isn't up to this!

Stewart