Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Guys

I currently have the standard Dtxpress II kit and based upon your 
recommendations I plan on buying a Pintech ConcertCast Pad.

Do I need any extra hardware to connect it to kit? I want to keep 
using the current snare pad - so do I need anything else except the 
pad itself?

Thanks

Yoav

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "yoavf21" <yoavf21@y...> wrote:
> Hi Guys
> 
> I currently have the standard Dtxpress II kit and based upon your 
> recommendations I plan on buying a Pintech ConcertCast Pad.
> 
> Do I need any extra hardware to connect it to kit? I want to keep 
> using the current snare pad - so do I need anything else except the 
> pad itself?

Yoav,

If you're getting the dual-zone version, you'll need a TRS splitter 
to for the Pintech's male stereo output and two mono cables for, 
presumably, input 2 (body) and 9 or 10 (rim); the other option is one 
stereo cable for 9/10 (both rim and body). That should do it. You'll 
have to tinker with the pad type and other trigger settings; we can 
help if you need us. The other consideration is how you're going to 
mount it. The Xpress rod and clamp--appropriately turned for the 
Pintech's orientation, will, in principle, do the job, but it remains 
to be seen whether you'll be satisfied; if I recall, you'd have to 
pull the rack arm toward you a little more. It's not inconceivable 
that you might try a separate stand, which would have the advantage 
of opening up your trigger settings.

Ed

Thanks Ed.
I was asking just about the mounting: If I mount the pintech on the 
dtxpress clamp I'll need another clamp for the snare pad I already 
have, right?

Yoav



> The other consideration is how you're going to 
> mount it. The Xpress rod and clamp--appropriately turned for the 
> Pintech's orientation, will, in principle, do the job, but it 
remains 
> to be seen whether you'll be satisfied; if I recall, you'd have to 
> pull the rack arm toward you a little more. It's not inconceivable 
> that you might try a separate stand, which would have the 
advantage 

> of opening up your trigger settings.
> 
> Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "yoavf21" <yoavf21@y...> wrote:
> Thanks Ed.
> I was asking just about the mounting: If I mount the pintech on the 
> dtxpress clamp I'll need another clamp for the snare pad I already 
> have, right?

Yoav,

Right, you'll need another clamp and rod, but I don't remember how 
much real estate you have left on the Yamaha rack to mount another 
pad. Call or email Ed Morin at Drumbalaya. Tell him what you're 
doing, and he'll sell you what you need.

Ed

hi all,

i am considering to expand my dtxpress kit...
the module is old dtxpress... and i wanna know
how many more pads can be added into the original
kit? and how? 

thanks a lot!

kevin

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--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, kevin <vai_lee@y...> wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> i am considering to expand my dtxpress kit...
> the module is old dtxpress... and i wanna know
> how many more pads can be added into the original
> kit? and how? 

Kevin,

If you still have the stock kit connected to the module, input 9/10 
will be free. This dual-mono input will either take a single dual-
zone pad--for example, cymbal w/bell, mesh head snare w/rim, or 
certain tubular triggers--or two mono (for instance, TP65, TP60, and 
TP80) or two stereo/three-voice pads (like the PCY65, 65S, TP65S, 65, 
etc.), which will perform only like mono pads through this input. You 
can expand the kit by connecting a MIDI device with inputs of its own 
that takes its voices from a sound module--such as the current Roland 
TMC-6 or the discontinued PM-16, Kat Midikiti, et al.--or get another 
sound module for inputs and run both modules through a mixer. The 
MIDI device option on the Xpress would be fine for many users' needs, 
but the Xpress' MIDI note numbers available for this kind of 
expansion is limited (OGD probably couldn't manage it with his three 
linked kits). The option of a second module would cover all the 
contingencies (given the funds and a preferred module)--except one. 
Available room on the rack is scarce. You might have to start adding 
arms to fit the mounts, unless you could forestall it by using 
separate stands. Drumbalaya.com is good at adapting peoples' rack 
needs with their added triggers. You could deal with them; some of 
their inventory is used.

Ed

thanks a lot dude!
but i am still wondering can i connect
two mono pads to a stereo input? (that
means i use the rim input connected as an individual
pad?)

kevin

--- liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, kevin
> <vai_lee@y...> wrote:
> > hi all,
> > 
> > i am considering to expand my dtxpress kit...
> > the module is old dtxpress... and i wanna know
> > how many more pads can be added into the original
> > kit? and how? 
> 
> Kevin,
> 
> If you still have the stock kit connected to the
> module, input 9/10 
> will be free. This dual-mono input will either take
> a single dual-
> zone pad--for example, cymbal w/bell, mesh head
> snare w/rim, or 
> certain tubular triggers--or two mono (for instance,
> TP65, TP60, and 
> TP80) or two stereo/three-voice pads (like the
> PCY65, 65S, TP65S, 65, 
> etc.), which will perform only like mono pads
> through this input. You 
> can expand the kit by connecting a MIDI device with
> inputs of its own 
> that takes its voices from a sound module--such as
> the current Roland 
> TMC-6 or the discontinued PM-16, Kat Midikiti, et
> al.--or get another 
> sound module for inputs and run both modules through
> a mixer. The 
> MIDI device option on the Xpress would be fine for
> many users' needs, 
> but the Xpress' MIDI note numbers available for this
> kind of 
> expansion is limited (OGD probably couldn't manage
> it with his three 
> linked kits). The option of a second module would
> cover all the 
> contingencies (given the funds and a preferred
> module)--except one. 
> Available room on the rack is scarce. You might have
> to start adding 
> arms to fit the mounts, unless you could forestall
> it by using 
> separate stands. Drumbalaya.com is good at adapting
> peoples' rack 
> needs with their added triggers. You could deal with
> them; some of 
> their inventory is used.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 


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--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, kevin <vai_lee@y...> wrote:
> thanks a lot dude!
> but i am still wondering can i connect
> two mono pads to a stereo input? (that
> means i use the rim input connected as an individual
> pad?)

Kevin,

In short, no. We've gone into detail on this matter many times before 
so I won't do it this time. Suffice it to say that stereo pads are 
really just mono pads in sheeps' clothing. If not played through a 
dedicated stereo input, they revert to one sound. The rim voice is 
not a separate zone; the FSR is just a toggle for the piezo in the 
body of the pad.

Ed