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Merry Christmas and all the best for next year to all you guys and 
dolls..

Tom

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "ruffalo2003" <ruffalo2003@y...> 
wrote:
> Merry Christmas and all the best for next year to all you guys and 
> dolls..

Tom,

Back at ya, and everyone else, from the management. Being the highly 
festive and appreciative sort, we'll probably have occasion to send 
along best wishes again before this year throws off its mortal coil.

Ed (for OGD and Vern)

My Christmas gift is so cool...
My 14-year-old daughter has been active with her church which includes
singing in the gospel choir. I have been recruited and have been practicing
with them the past few weeks and will be playing in front of people for the
1st time in over 30 years next week.
The DTXpress is hooked up to a Peavey PA and given the small size and
acoustic nature of the band- the ability to play at low volumes is just
right. This is so much fun- I wonder why I stopped doing it for a living.
Oh yeah, kids, marriage, bills.
I am sure that many members here aren't Christian and I want to apologize
for any perceived insensitivity that comes from Christmas greetings in a
forum. My wish is that all of us greet the new year with hope for the
possibility of peace.

Creighton

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Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Merry Xmas !!!!


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "ruffalo2003" <ruffalo2003@y...>
wrote:
> Merry Christmas and all the best for next year to all you guys and
> dolls..

Tom,

Back at ya, and everyone else, from the management. Being the highly
festive and appreciative sort, we'll probably have occasion to send
along best wishes again before this year throws off its mortal coil.

Ed (for OGD and Vern)



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--- Creighton Higgins wrote:
> My Christmas gift is so cool...
> My 14-year-old daughter has been active with her church
> which includes singing in the gospel choir. I have been
> recruited ... and will be playing in front of people for
> the 1st time in over 30 years next week.

Fantastic. I have just done the same (non-Church), with the slight 
exception that it was only 28 years, and the public appearance was on 
an acoustic kit but practice was on the DTXpressII.
 
You are going to love it. Trust me on this one.

So (heart in mouth) I will "expose myself" to you all now. If you go 
to http://www.moonbeams.plus.com you will find links to three home 
movies. Two of these are practice sessions at home (how to cram too 
many people into a small music room), and one at the kids school. One 
of the practice videos is a blooper reel. Be warned - the videos are 
large (largest 45Mb) as I haven't downsampled them yet.

Be gentle with me.

> I am sure that many members here aren't Christian and
> I want to apologize for any perceived insensitivity...

I am not Christian, and I perceive no insensitivity. To underline the 
sincerity of the wish with your belief only strengthens it. For my
(agnostic) part, I wish you (and other forum dwellers) the season's 
best in return.

Stewart

COOOOOOOOOOOOL! You rock dude! I just dloaded the three clips. Very
groovey licks! From the looks of your dtxpress, you have two extra mono
pads on 9/10 for those extra cymbals? I only have the stock pads and I
miss being able to alternate crashes for variety. Looks like the only
thing u need is *space* to rehearse in!! :)

I can't wait for my son to get old enough to be able to "jam" with his
old man (he's only 7 and my daughter is 18 months)! You sure are lucky to
have the ability to play music w/your kids. It'll be something they
remember forever! :)

Vern

PS: Now where did I put my copy of "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg?
"An only child alone and wild.. A cab'net maker's son.." sniffle
sniffle... :D

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moosetication said:

> --- Creighton Higgins wrote:
>> My Christmas gift is so cool...
>> My 14-year-old daughter has been active with her church
>> which includes singing in the gospel choir. I have been
>> recruited ... and will be playing in front of people for
>> the 1st time in over 30 years next week.
>
> Fantastic. I have just done the same (non-Church), with the slight
> exception that it was only 28 years, and the public appearance was on
> an acoustic kit but practice was on the DTXpressII.
>
> You are going to love it. Trust me on this one.
>
> So (heart in mouth) I will "expose myself" to you all now. If you go
> to http://www.moonbeams.plus.com, you will find links to three home
> movies. Two of these are practice sessions at home (how to cram too
> many people into a small music room), and one at the kids school. One
> of the practice videos is a blooper reel. Be warned - the videos are
> large (largest 45Mb) as I haven't downsampled them yet.
>
> Be gentle with me.
>
>> I am sure that many members here aren't Christian and
>> I want to apologize for any perceived insensitivity...
>
> I am not Christian, and I perceive no insensitivity. To underline the
> sincerity of the wish with your belief only strengthens it. For my
> (agnostic) part, I wish you (and other forum dwellers) the season's
> best in return.
>
> Stewart
>
>
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--- Vern wrote:

Thanks for the comments.

> From the looks of your dtxpress, you have two extra mono
> pads on 9/10 for those extra cymbals?

I have toms 3 and 4 in 9/10, PCY80S cymbals in tom3, 6 and 7. One of 
these (the RH cymbal) is configured as a crash ride, and I have a 
mono PCY65 as the "low" ride split into the same input. Best of both 
worlds. If you're interested, eBay has a couple PCY80S going at $35 
right now.

> Looks like the only
> thing u need is *space* to rehearse in!! :)

It's normally OK - I just had to squeeze #1 daughter (the bass 
player) over the other side so we could get the video camera in.

> I can't wait for my son to get old enough to be able
> to "jam" with his old man

It's unbelievable. We're planing a full gig early next year to raise 
some money for a trip to Brazil for #2 daughter (the piano player).

Stewart

Hi, looking at some video Stewart let us see I noticed
how full his kit looked not using more than 1 module,
so I'm wondering how would it be a good way to add
pads to the module

I'm thinkin of an extra tom and an extra cymbal, and
that seems easy just using input 9/10, but I feel
there is more room for more pads, or is there?

I'd love to hear opinions on this.


moosetication said:
> I have toms 3 and 4 in 9/10, PCY80S cymbals in tom3,
> 6 and 7. One of 
> these (the RH cymbal) is configured as a crash ride,
> and I have a 
> mono PCY65 as the "low" ride split into the same
> input. Best of both 
> worlds.






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Adding two more components using input 9/10 is the only expansion 
possibility with dedicated pads/sounds (that I know of, anyway). 
However, you could add additional pads that are Y-cabled together to 
give you more convenience. For example, a ride cymbal/pad on both 
your left and right side. Another example would be a Yammie wedge 
programmed with a crash on the edge and ride on the bow, coupled 
together with a Yammie pad, thus giving you a good crash target 
(wedge edge) and a great surface for riding (pad). I've done both.
Stephen

Also, if you want two hihat pads (standard on the left, remote on the right)
you can plug two pads into zone 8.

If the pads you use are single zone pads, like the TP65 (or PCY65) for both
hats then you will just need a mono Y splitter cable to plug both pads into
zone 8.

If you use stereo pads, like the TP65s/TP80S/PCY65s for both hats then you
need a stereo splitter cable. One that combines two stereo inputs to one
stereo input and not the usual Y-insert splitter cable that takes two mono
inputs to a single stereo input. Then the one HH65 you have will control
both hihat pads, but you will get the same sound from both hihat pads.

OGD

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	brown8700 [SMTP:brown8700@...]
> Sent:	Monday, December 29, 2003 3:38 PM
> To:	DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:	[DTXpress] Re: full advantage of module's inputs
> 
> Adding two more components using input 9/10 is the only expansion 
> possibility with dedicated pads/sounds (that I know of, anyway). 
> However, you could add additional pads that are Y-cabled together to 
> give you more convenience. For example, a ride cymbal/pad on both 
> your left and right side. Another example would be a Yammie wedge 
> programmed with a crash on the edge and ride on the bow, coupled 
> together with a Yammie pad, thus giving you a good crash target 
> (wedge edge) and a great surface for riding (pad). I've done both.
> Stephen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
 
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--- Stephen wrote:
> However, you could add additional pads that are Y-cabled
> together to give you more convenience. For example... a
> Yammie wedge programmed with a crash on the edge and ride
> on the bow, coupled together with a Yammie pad, thus
> giving you a good crash target (wedge edge) and a great
> surface for riding (pad).

Nicely put, and exactly what I have. That's the only "extra" pad 
(that is, not catered for on a dedicated input) on my setup. The 
rest make use of all the inputs. I'm still trying to figure out 
where to go next, and horribly conflicted by all the options.

Speaking of which, Stephen, what became of your dilemma (you and 
your band preferring the dynamics of your acoustic set)?

Stewart

hey thanks for your responses, besides the PCY65S and
the TP65S inputs is there any other that supports such
pads to their full functionability?

--- moosetication <moosetication@...> wrote:
> --- Stephen wrote:
> > However, you could add additional pads that are
> Y-cabled
> > together to give you more convenience. For
> example... a
> > Yammie wedge programmed with a crash on the edge
> and ride
> > on the bow, coupled together with a Yammie pad,
> thus
> > giving you a good crash target (wedge edge) and a
> great
> > surface for riding (pad).
> 
> Nicely put, and exactly what I have. That's the only
> "extra" pad 
> (that is, not catered for on a dedicated input) on
> my setup. The 
> rest make use of all the inputs. I'm still trying to
> figure out 
> where to go next, and horribly conflicted by all the
> options.
> 
> Speaking of which, Stephen, what became of your
> dilemma (you and 
> your band preferring the dynamics of your acoustic
> set)?
> 
> Stewart
> 
> 


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Stewart:
I'm totally acoustic at this point. Ihad been using the DTX module 
and a BP80 for sound effects, but the we ran out of inputs on our 20 
channel board. I have, however, considered submixing my kit to 
utilize only one channel on the board. I have a 6 channel Behringer 
that I used to mix my two DTX modules that would work for that 
purpose.
Stephen

BP 80 (Barpad) for input(s) 9/10