Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi,

  I'm a newbie and am comtemplating the purchase of the 
DTXexpressII.  I have some knowledge of the system but I need this 
groups opinion.

  I would like to move the hi-Hat pad to jack 9 and change it to a 
4th tom, move the ride cymbal (no damping) to jack 10.  Then I would 
add a new HiHat cymbal and a new crash cymbal (with damping) make & 
model TBD.  Would this work?  

  Also, one other question.  how well will the Yamaha pads work with 
say a DM5 or DM PRO in case I want to add a another module in the 
future.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Dave

--- bmwbikerdave wrote:
> I would like to move the hi-Hat pad to jack 9
> and change it to a 4th tom, move the ride cymbal
> (no damping) to jack 10.  Then I would add a new HiHat
> cymbal and a new crash cymbal (with damping) make & 
> model TBD.  Would this work?

It would work perfectly. It's similar to part of what I've done. 
Check out messages 4974 for text and 5117 for a link to pictures of 
my setup.

Stewart

> Also, one other question. how well will the Yamaha pads work with 
> say a DM5 or DM PRO in case I want to add a another module in the 
> future.

The Yamaha pads work fine. I have 5 TP65 running into my DM5 for my 
Toms and everthing else running through the DTXpress. You can see a 
photo in onyx's album.


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bmwbikerdave" <bmwbikerdave@y...> 
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   I'm a newbie and am comtemplating the purchase of the 
> DTXexpressII.  I have some knowledge of the system but I need this 
> groups opinion.
> 
>   I would like to move the hi-Hat pad to jack 9 and change it to a 
> 4th tom, move the ride cymbal (no damping) to jack 10.  Then I 
would 
> add a new HiHat cymbal and a new crash cymbal (with damping) make & 
> model TBD.  Would this work?  
> 
>   Also, one other question.  how well will the Yamaha pads work 
with 

> say a DM5 or DM PRO in case I want to add a another module in the 
> future.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
> 
> Dave

Really Inspector, do you seriously expect me to believe that on 21/8/03 8:14
pm, "onyx2013" <vze2k7nr@...> said:

>> Also, one other question. how well will the Yamaha pads work with
>> say a DM5 or DM PRO in case I want to add a another module in the
>> future.
> 
> The Yamaha pads work fine. I have 5 TP65 running into my DM5 for my
> Toms and everthing else running through the DTXpress. You can see a
> photo in onyx's album.

Interesting this dual module thing. Could you explain in a little more
detail how your set-up works, and what's connected to what?

Thanks - pb

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "onyx2013" <vze2k7nr@v...> wrote:
> > Also, one other question. how well will the Yamaha pads work with 
> > say a DM5 or DM PRO in case I want to add a another module in the 
> > future.
> 
> The Yamaha pads work fine. I have 5 TP65 running into my DM5 for my 
> Toms and everthing else running through the DTXpress. You can see a 
> photo in onyx's album.

All,

This is the type of information that needs to stored in someway in 
the files area. 

If we can list the modules that are being used by current members and 
which pads they have been successfully using with them and what 
settings in the setup menu's was used, it would benefit everyone.

Whether the info is stored here or at the dtxpression site, it 
doesn't really matter. I could generate a spreadsheet to track this 
but I'm not sure everyone would be able to access it in that format.

I don't see any reason for the list to be confined to Yamaha only, it 
should included any known combinations that work as many here have 
mixed manufacturer's equipment here already.

Anybody else interested in seeing something like this generated?

OGD

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Paul Bentley <pb@w...> wrote:
detail how your set-up works, and what's connected to what?
> 
> Thanks - pb

Paul,

Welcome to the site. Typically when you have two modules or more (I 
have three) they are not inter-connected, feeding one through the 
other. You take the audio out from each module and run it through a 
mixer. 

OldGuyDrummer (OGD)

Paul,

I have the DTXpress 2 module and the Alesis DM5 running into a litle 
3 channel mixer. I believe this configuration is pretty standard for 
those looking to expand beyond the 10 trigger limit. 

If you don't want to shell out the cash for the mixer, you can use 
the DM5 as a pass-through module by hooking it's midi-out to the 
DTXpress midi-in and the DM5 will trigger DTXpress voices on channel 
10. The DTXpress allows you to assign any voice to any incoming midi 
note so the voice the DM5 generates becomes irrelevant. 

One advantage of this setup is that it allows you to use only 
DTXpress voices which in most cases is a good thing as you will most 
likely prefer the DTXpress voices to those of the DM5. I tried snare, 
kick and cymbal voices on the DM5 and did not like any of them but I 
do prefer the DM5 tom voices "out of the box" although the pitch 
constraints make it a challenge to squeeze in 5 toms.

-paul

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Paul Bentley <pb@w...> wrote:
> Really Inspector, do you seriously expect me to believe that on 
21/8/03 8:14
> pm, "onyx2013" <vze2k7nr@v...> said:
> 
> >> Also, one other question. how well will the Yamaha pads work with
> >> say a DM5 or DM PRO in case I want to add a another module in the
> >> future.
> > 
> > The Yamaha pads work fine. I have 5 TP65 running into my DM5 for 
my
> > Toms and everthing else running through the DTXpress. You can see 
a
> > photo in onyx's album.
> 
> Interesting this dual module thing. Could you explain in a little 
more

> detail how your set-up works, and what's connected to what?
> 
> Thanks - pb

Really Inspector, do you seriously expect me to believe that on 21/8/03 9:45
pm, "oldguydrummer" <rdamon@...> said:

>> The Yamaha pads work fine. I have 5 TP65 running into my DM5 for my
>> Toms and everything else running through the DTXpress. You can see a
>> photo in onyx's album.
> 
> All,
> 
> This is the type of information that needs to stored in someway in
> the files area. 
> 
> If we can list the modules that are being used by current members and
> which pads they have been successfully using with them and what
> settings in the setup menu's was used, it would benefit everyone.
<snip> 
> Anybody else interested in seeing something like this generated?

Yes! Would you believe the official line that I got from Yamaha UK recently
is that expansion isn't possible beyond utilising the 9/10 input - they
obviously don't subscribe to this list do they!

pb