Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jamie@j..." <jamieukonline@y...> 
wrote:
> thanks for your help guys.
> its kinda annoying though. 
> i bought the a new dual cymbal, a single cymbal, and a tom pad, and
> i'm not gonna be able to use eith the tom or the single.
> 
> i really should have looked more into it before buying.
> 
> i thought a dual zone cymbal pad worked the same as two mono pads, 
so
> i thought i could split any input that would take a dual pad into 2
> mono pads.
> 
> i also thought that the kick pad was more than just a splitter. 
> i have 4 splitters including the kick pad, and i can only use one 
of them!

Jamie,

You need to get up to speed on the difference between "stereo" 
and "dual-zone" in e-drumming lingo. Unfortunately, the term "dual-
zone" is often abused to mean "stereo," even by people who know 
better, partly because the term "stereo" is such a misnomer in this 
context. The stereo pads--usually made of rubber--consist of a main 
pickup (usually a piezo) and at least one rim switch (an FSR), which 
doesn't access a sound on its own but simply regulates the sound that 
the main pickup will "request." Leaving aside Keith's invention for 
now, the stereo pads permit two sounds (rim/head or edge/bow) only 
through a single stereo input; you can't split them with a Y adapter. 
Dual-zone pads--usually not rubber--require two distinct inputs, 
stereo or otherwise, for both sounds, which are independent of each 
other (input 9/10 on the DTXP2U is really two mono inputs; other 
modules have the same sort of coupling through a single jack). 

That's the crash course, when you have some time, browse through the 
archives under "stereo" or "dual zone" and see what you can pick up. 
But we're here to help. I hope that you can find a use for those 
extra items, or your dealer will take them back--unless you want to 
keep them for future developments.

Ed