Thanks for your reply Ed.
First, I am almost 55 years old. So, yeah, you were
close. I know my years are "advanced" because my offspring have
clarified that for me. You know, large print in my birthday cards,
large containers of prunes as gifts for all occasions, a final will and
testament kit, a Geritol float with supper. Subtle stuff like
those.
I enjoyed the piece about the e-drum toss.
They must use a standardized kit for that. This could be the beginning of
a whole new debate.
As for the splitter, I did ask for the TRS splitter
specifically as I had learned of it from earlier posts. Externally, the
design appears correct. Since your reply, I opened the casings on what
were to be the two mono, quarter inch jack receivers in the splitter
configuration. ; I noted that there were three wire connections
present. I would have expected two for mono and three for stereo but
electronics is not my thing. By the way, the jacks at each
end of the patch cords that I have used for these particular triggers are both
mono.
Does my description confirm that the adapter is
rigged for stereo through and through and that, as you theorized already,
the splitter is my problem?
Thanks again,
Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: emfSent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:32 PMSubject: [DTXpress] Re: Input 9/10--- 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
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