2004-01-17 by gollywillickers
can anyone point me to the most realistic drum performance/ recording / mp3 made with a DTXpress kit ? i ve listened to a few of the mp3 s in the FILES
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2004-01-17 by gollywillickers
anyone here using Pro Tools on a Mac with their DTXpress? or either of these individually? i m interested in recording, editing, samples & sound management
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2004-01-17 by emf
... bit ... help/info ... Adam, I ve never used it, and maybe I m missing something, but for the $230- $250 that you pay for this Peavey, you ll be getting 80W
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2004-01-17 by adamh52683
Although Yamaha s MS-100DR is very tempting, I think it may be a bit out of my price range. I m thinking about getting a Peavey MP-400 PA system to use for
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2004-01-16 by nicholas.gunn@btconnect.com
That would be great if you could measure for me Thanks gunny ... From: rdamon@mckinney-usa.com [mailto:rdamon@mckinney-usa.com] Sent: 16 January 2004 17:15 To:
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2004-01-16 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
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2004-01-16 by emf
... all ... Chris, Check out post 6505 for someone in the UK who built it and seems to have had success. Maybe you can contact him privately. Another option
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2004-01-16 by Chris
I m considering building one of the tennis ball isolation platforms ( http://www.dtxpressions.com/platform/ ) but space is an issue for me. In order to move
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2004-01-16 by n999gun
Hi Can somebody please tell me the dimentions of the DTXpressII main tubes. This is the standard DTXressII rack that I want measured. Preferably the:- leg tube
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2004-01-16 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
The dtxpression site only has the Dtxpress I & II manuals currently, so if anyone needs one for a different kit you can go to the Yamaha site. To get anyone of
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2004-01-16 by Chris
... you ... four ... Look what can be started by an idle wish. What shall I wish for next? :-) Seriously, I love the way this group takes an idea and runs
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2004-01-16 by moosetication
... OG covered your technical queries, but you can get product manuals at DTXpressions (http://www.dtxpressions.com/) - just follow the downloads link. Stewart
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2004-01-16 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
Welcome, ... The TP60 is a mono zone pad, it does not have a rim switch. The trigger inputs 1-8 are stereo inputs but you must use a stereo Pad/Rim pad like
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2004-01-16 by joerg_b52
Dear all, I just bought a used DTXPRESS, but still with warranty on it, without a user manual... Basically, I do have 2 questions: 1.) I do not get any rim
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2004-01-16 by daniel peralta
Hi Members, We are currently working on the February issue of our new downloadable Percussion Magazine ; to be released for next month (last week of February
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2004-01-16 by oldguydrummer
... http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/PressReleaseDetail/ ... True, True, but we have known about the dtxpress III & IIIsp since the middle of
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2004-01-16 by gollywillickers
DTXpressIII, DTXpressIIIsp, http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/PressReleaseDetail/ 0,6375,CNTID%253D27105%2526CTID%253D%2526CNTYP%253DNEWS
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2004-01-16 by oldguydrummer
... One more thing, you would think that Yamaha would realized that someone would come along that would what to take thier stuff apart, again and again and
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2004-01-16 by moosetication
... I just did a much more crude experiment: Switch tom1 pad type from TP65-2 (mono) to TP65-1 (stereo) so that it can handle the rim. It still physically has
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2004-01-16 by oldguydrummer
Stewart, This is what I did. I opened up the TP65S and left the two leads coming from the PCB to the pad piezo connected. . ... I physically isolated the
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2004-01-16 by moosetication
... Also crucially, the similated rim switch close timing and duration seems to be important. If you just hold the switch closed, and hit the pad, you only get
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2004-01-16 by emf
... arm ... factor ... it ... back. People seem to have been trying to make this work since the beginning of time without much success. It does seem like there
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2004-01-16 by moosetication
... Not *quite* - try a taller ladder, and I ll wave a torch. Crucially, Pad2 piezo ALSO goes to input 3 pad trigger. So striking Pad2 ALWAYS activates both
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2004-01-16 by oldguydrummer
... the ... dad ... the ... lo, ... pad ... the ... Stewart, I think I understand what you are saying. Pad1(piezo) == input 3 - pad trigger Pad2(piezo)
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2004-01-15 by moosetication
... Oooh, harsh. Fair, but harsh. ... Stewart
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2004-01-15 by moosetication
... No, I didn t quite make myself clear. Take one mono pad, plug into a stereo input as normal. For the second, take another mono pad and one stereo cable.
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2004-01-15 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
Ed, Thanks for adding the [not] Ed to my post. I in the middle of getting a job out before I go home tonight and the fingers don t always type all the words
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2004-01-15 by emf
... means we ... OGD, I ll bet that Stewart, respectful as he undoubtedly is of his elders, isn t as interested in making you seem better as he is in making
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2004-01-15 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
Stewart, No disagreement, if fact that is what I was referring in my earlier post with my comment of You can get third party ribbon switchs, but they are
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2004-01-15 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
Stewart, The problem is that you would have to strike the first pad with the piezo at the same time as the second pad with the piezo, in order for the module
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2004-01-15 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
... Stewart, Where I have two mono pads going to inputs 9/10 on the module, I am using the HOSA insert cables. But with this last experiment with the hihat, I
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2004-01-15 by moosetication
... I hate to (slightly) disagree with my elders and betters. However, if all you wanted to achieve was chokability - rather than having an edge sound - you
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2004-01-15 by moosetication
... Y know, I ve been wondering about that. It does not seem beyond the wit of man to come up with a simple electronic doo-dad to render a piezo hit and make
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2004-01-15 by moosetication
... I got sick of splitters yesterday, so I went mad with a soldering iron. Took my 65/65S combo and wired em into a single stereo plug. Did the same with my
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2004-01-15 by Chris
... three-zone ... hihat and ... modules. ... the other ... Many options to consider indeed. A PCY150 is next on my list of purchases (if it ever appears here
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2004-01-15 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
If you want see the extreme, go back and look at my post about my three-zone hihat setup on post 7195. You use just one HH65 to control a PCY10 which is the
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2004-01-15 by Chris
... and put it ... pad you ... same sound ... What an excellent idea! I hadn t thought of that but it makes perfect sense. Sometimes it s easy to overlook
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2004-01-15 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
Chris, Don t abandon it, you can still use it! You can parallel connect it with one of the other PCY65(s) pads and put it on the other side of you kit. It will
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2004-01-15 by Chris
... convert a ... OGD, Thanks for the quick response. I had a feeling that would be the answer but was curious nonetheless. It looks like my next upgrade will
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2004-01-15 by Chris
... convert a
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2004-01-15 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
Chris, Is it physically possible......Yes. Is it fiscally possible....No. I contacted Yamaha about the price of the ribbon switches only, not considering the
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2004-01-15 by Chris
OK, this is probably a really stupid question but... Is it possible (either theoretically or practically) to convert a PCY65 to a PCY65S? Just something I was
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2004-01-15 by Chris
... Well spotted. No change at Yamaha Europe as yet. Mind you, if memory serves, they haven t had the DTXpress II on their site for all that long. Chris
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2004-01-15 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com
Yamaha US has updated thier website to show their new kits. The PDF manual for the Dtxtreme IIS is still not available on the site yet. OGD ...
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2004-01-15 by Chris
... in ... on ... £700 as a reserve for a second hand DTXpress is a bit high as you rightly point out. However, I m not sure there are many IIs around in the
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2004-01-15 by emf
... that ... week ... this ... Rob, Thank you for your kind words about this site. Nothing makes the management any happier than satisfied customers. This
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2004-01-15 by brown8700
Rob: Here s another forum where I spend a good amount of time. www.drumcenterforum.com
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2004-01-15 by jonddf
... ... feedback, ... which ... Hey Ed! I m not coming after you just because you don t read my posts properly!! Let me say immediately
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2004-01-15 by buggoutbill
Congrats on the new kit! You ll find drum kits under the Files section to the left. You will need a program to upload them to your module. You can find that
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2004-01-15 by Rob
A few weeks on this board now, and to see guys with decades of sitting on a throne, and totally back up the DTXpress tells me that I made the right choice. I
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