Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "smcevenue" <seann@s...> wrote:

Hi Sean,

Nice to have you with us.

> First, an aside.  I have recently resumed drumming after a 34 year 
> hiatus.  There is a definite theme developing here.  Unwittingly, I 
> have joined a group that has at least one  thread other than Yamaha 
> DTX running through it.  Advanced years would be it. 

From the evidence given, you must be anywhere from 35 to, say, 150 
years old. Am I close? 

 
> I don't know if others have already confronted this but how about 
the weight 
> of acoustic equipment compared with the weight of electronic kits.  
> The difference really matters to me.  I cannot worry much about the 
> the realism, the relative dynamics etc. of a kit that I cannot 
> carry.  I wonder if the American Medical Association has statistics 
> on the relative likelihood of having a coronary if you play (and 
> carry around) e-drums or acoustic drums.  

One small town in Scotland has practiced the venerable sport of 
drumkit tossing for centuries.  Until recently, the locals had only 
acoustic kits to throw; the distances were not good. Now that the 
young bucks have begun to use e-kits, the old records are falling 
faster than kilts in a . . . well, you get the idea. The 
traditionalists are grumbling about it, but one positive development 
is that heart attacks have largely become a thing of the past. I 
think there's a lesson in there somewhere. 
 
> I have recently added a PCY65s and a TP65 to the standard 
DTXpressII 
> kit.  I linked the PCY65 trigger from the base kit along with the 
> new TP65 trigger to input 9/10 using the 2 monos to 1 stereo 
> adapter.  I programmed the two inputs as a ride cymbal and as a Tom 
> 4 in this instance, respectively.  Both triggers send out the same 
> voice even though I programmed 2 different voices.  The rest of the 
> kit is working as programmed.

I'm betting that your splitter is not of the TRS variety at all but a 
stereo to two stereos. Check the plugs at the "Y" end; two rings mean 
stereo.  

Ed