Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Sorry guys if this has been covered a million times but I had a 
question about adding other pads to my DTXPRESS III. I guess my main 
objective is to have other pads to use mainly for cymbals. Looking at 
the rear panel I do not see any extra inputs so I believe I need to 
purchase some sort of uhh something! Where can I get something like 
this? Thanks everyone!

On my dtxpress III, I added two additional cymbals (for a total of 2
crashes, a ride, and a china) plus an extra tom pad for a total of 4
toms by using stereo cables - its in the book.  You then simply need
to assign the channels to the correct drum voice.

This made the dtxpress III exactly like my normal gigging kit - kick,
snare, 4 toms, 2 crashes, a ride, and a china.  I bought all parts
(cymbal/cymbal mounts and tom mounts/pads) from a dtx dealer online.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Ault" <Slash18104@y...> wrote:

>
> Sorry guys if this has been covered a million times but I had a 
> question about adding other pads to my DTXPRESS III. I guess my main 
> objective is to have other pads to use mainly for cymbals. Looking at 
> the rear panel I do not see any extra inputs so I believe I need to 
> purchase some sort of uhh something! Where can I get something like 
> this? Thanks everyone!
>

Hi,

No extra trigger input's??? HUH!?!? You didn't see the 9/10 trigger 
inputs? These are split by the use of a stereo type male 'Y' 
connector on one end end to 2 mono females on the other end for 
instance...Then you plug in two mono pads to the female ends. There 
are other ways & cofigurations, that others may be of help, but 
that's the basics.
I didn't see if you were adding dual trigger or single trigger 
cymbal pads.

I myself went nutty adding extra cymbal & drum pads on my original 
DTXpressI kit. I also added rack extentions to accomodate all my 
trigger pads. What I also did was buy a DTXpressIII module for a 2-
module set-up. With the 2nd module, I can have extra cymbal & drum 
pads all day long. Furthermore, I have 2 single kick trigger pads 
with two pedals (one to each module) and a dual Hi-Hat set-up (one 
to each module, but controlled by a single Hi-Hat controller pedal, 
split by a custome splitter cable I made in which I can have two hi-
hat sounds at one time!
In addition I also bought a 3rd module, an Alesis DM Pro that I've 
not yet implemented into my system :O

Steve



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "ewiget41056" <ewiget@r...> wrote:
>
> On my dtxpress III, I added two additional cymbals (for a total of 
2
> crashes, a ride, and a china) plus an extra tom pad for a total of 
4
> toms by using stereo cables - its in the book.  You then simply 
need
> to assign the channels to the correct drum voice.
> 
> This made the dtxpress III exactly like my normal gigging kit - 
kick,
> snare, 4 toms, 2 crashes, a ride, and a china.  I bought all parts
> (cymbal/cymbal mounts and tom mounts/pads) from a dtx dealer 
online.
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Ault" <Slash18104@y...> 
wrote:
> >
> > Sorry guys if this has been covered a million times but I had a 
> > question about adding other pads to my DTXPRESS III. I guess my 
main 
> > objective is to have other pads to use mainly for cymbals. 
Looking at 
> > the rear panel I do not see any extra inputs so I believe I need 
to 
> > purchase some sort of uhh something! Where can I get something 
like 

> > this? Thanks everyone!
> >
>