Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi,

  I bought a Sherpa snare to replace the standard one on my DTXpress 
III. I read the document in the files about setting up the Sherpa but 
I'm still at a loss as to how I plug both outputs from the snare into 
the brain without losing a tom or cymbal. Can the rim output be fed 
into the kick input? if so, has anyone got this to work? I've tried it 
and so far can't get a sound out of the rim. Help would be appreciated!

...Steve

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "steve_in_ottont" <steve352@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
>   I bought a Sherpa snare to replace the standard one on my DTXpress 
> III. I read the document in the files about setting up the Sherpa but 
> I'm still at a loss as to how I plug both outputs from the snare into 
> the brain without losing a tom or cymbal. Can the rim output be fed 
> into the kick input? if so, has anyone got this to work? I've tried it 
> and so far can't get a sound out of the rim. Help would be appreciated!
> 
> ...Steve
>

Steve,

I am not familiar with the Sherpa, but it seems to be a dual piezo pad
so it needs two inputs.  If you want to feed the second pad through
the kick, then the kick needs to be plugged into input 9/10.  I am not
sure there is any benefit to doing it that way - just plug the second
piezo of the Sherpa into 9/10 anyway and leave the kick on input 1.

Keith.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "steve_in_ottont" <steve352@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
>   I bought a Sherpa snare to replace the standard one on my DTXpress 
> III. I read the document in the files about setting up the Sherpa 
but 
> I'm still at a loss as to how I plug both outputs from the snare 
into 
> the brain without losing a tom or cymbal. Can the rim output be fed 
> into the kick input? if so, has anyone got this to work? I've tried 
it 
> and so far can't get a sound out of the rim. Help would be 
appreciated!
> 
> ...Steve

Steve,

I wrote that review three years ago. I can't remember everything that 
I experienced with the Sherpa, but I can assure that you can't use the 
Sherpa effectively without tapping two inputs. The most convenient two 
would be 9/10 on the Xpress modules; any other pair would waste 
the "stereo" potential. I also can assure you that I labored long and 
hard to get a usable signal from the rim. As I tried to make clear in 
the review, while being fair to Sherpa, that the DTXpress module is by 
no means tailormade for this pad. The kick input theoretically should 
work as well as any other on the module, provided that you're not 
trying to use the one that functions as an extra extra input, for 
which you need to program the module. SOmeone else can help you there; 
I've forgotten what that entails.

Ed