Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Sean McEvenue said:
> 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... [SNIP]

Since this has been brought up so much, I created a quick schematic so
there can be no doubt what type of cable you need to hook up to port 9/10
on the DTXpress:

http://www.dtxpressions.com/images/trs.gif

Take this, print it and take it with you to the music store and you can
then make sure you get the right thing! :)

Vern

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Sean McEvenue said:
> 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
>   To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:32 PM
>   Subject: [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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