Sean, There should only be two wires going to each end of the patch cable that are mono plugs. Three conductors at the Stereo end of the plug. You are taking a mono TIP/SLEEVE + mono RING/SLEEVE = stereo TIP/RING/SLEEVE. OGD > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean McEvenue [SMTP:seann@...] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 9:13 AM > To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DTXpress] Re: Input 9/10 > > 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: emf <mailto:liberatusvirus@...> > To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com <mailto:DTXpress@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:32 PM > Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Input 9/10 > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com <mailto:DTXpress@yahoogroups.com>, > "smcevenue" < seann@s <mailto: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 > > > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DTXpress-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DTXpress-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DTXpress-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DTXpress> > > Alternate DTXpress site: > <http://www.dtxpressions.com> > > > > _____ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DTXpress/> > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DTXpress-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:DTXpress-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! 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RE: [DTXpress] Re: Input 9/10
2004-01-23 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com