Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi folks,

I did a little playing yesterday and thought you'all would be 
interested in the results:

1. The new RHH130 hi-hat works fine with the DTXpress-II as well as 
the DTXpress-I as near as I can tell.  I did not thoroughly test 
them as my family was waiting for me to come home to dinner, but 
initial tests seemed fine including foot chics and splashes and edge 
triggering for all DTXpress modules old and new.

2. Many of the RHH130's that came with our DTXpress-III Special 
Edition kits were bad.  We have been following the discussion here a 
bit and talked with "the man" in charge of these things at Yamaha.  
(FYI, his name is Dave Ksycki - pronounced 'si-kee' -- and his e-
mail is dksycki@... and phone number in Grand Rapids, MI is 
800-940-6606 x2; he's only available until 4pm Eastern time).  I 
understand he's the one working on swapping out bad units.  NOTE, at 
least one of the units we had worked partially -- it was not as 
variable in the 'second half' of the downward pedal range from the 
time it started to have effect until all the way down at which point 
the cymbal did not have a fully-closed sound).

3. I tried adapting the hi-hat for use with a Roland module, but 
found a major flaw that may prevent this from ever working.  The 
RHH130 has a "minimum resistance" value (about 1,000 ohms) even when 
fully closed that prevents the Roland module from registering a 
fully-closed position and really confuses the module (no harm though 
that I could tell!).  I will continue to explore ways to use this 
nice hi-hat with Roland (and other) modules, but it's not as trivial 
as I had thought or hoped.

FYI,

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "wb7ubd" <edm@p...> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I did a little playing yesterday and thought you'all would be 
> interested in the results:

Ed,

Thanks for the valuable information about the hi hat compatibility 
issue. 

ED F

Hi Ed,

Can you tell me if you get the RHH130 pad as standard on the 
DTXPRESS III?...

(I am really new to this so forgive my ignorance)..I am trying to 
work out if I should buy a III instead of a II and all the signs are 
saying yes I should!!!

Cheers

Bakes

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bakesmeister" <bakes@n...> wrote:
> Can you tell me if you get the RHH130 pad as standard on the 
> DTXPRESS III?...

Standard on the "Special" version, not standard on the ... 
er ... "Standard". If you see what I mean.

Stewart

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bakesmeister" <bakes@n...> wrote:
> Hi Ed,
> 
> Can you tell me if you get the RHH130 pad as standard on the 
> DTXPRESS III?...
> 
> (I am really new to this so forgive my ignorance)..I am trying to 
> work out if I should buy a III instead of a II and all the signs 
are 
> saying yes I should!!!

Hi Bakes,

You're probably asking Ed Morin (Ed), the inestimable owner of 
drumbalaya.com (visit when you get a chance), not me (Ed), the 
inescapable owner of this group, but I know the answer; so does the 
good Ed, though he might not be making the rounds this morning. The 
RHH130 hi hat on a stick accompanies only the SP version of the 
DTXPIII, which costs about $500-$600 more in the States than the STD 
version. Both versions are on display at the good Ed's site; the SP 
is the one this group's home page.

Ed F

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" <moosetication@y...> 
wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bakesmeister" <bakes@n...> wrote:
> > Can you tell me if you get the RHH130 pad as standard on the 
> > DTXPRESS III?...
> 
> Standard on the "Special" version, not standard on the ... 
> er ... "Standard". If you see what I mean.

stewart,

We have to stop meeting this way.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bakesmeister" <bakes@n...> wrote:
> > Hi Ed,
> > 
> > Can you tell me if you get the RHH130 pad as standard on the 
> > DTXPRESS III?...
> > 
> > (I am really new to this so forgive my ignorance)..I am trying 
to 
> > work out if I should buy a III instead of a II and all the signs 
> are 
> > saying yes I should!!!
> 
> Hi Bakes,
> 
> You're probably asking Ed Morin (Ed), the inestimable owner of 
> drumbalaya.com (visit when you get a chance), not me (Ed), the 
> inescapable owner of this group, but I know the answer; so does 
the 
> good Ed, though he might not be making the rounds this morning. 
The 
> RHH130 hi hat on a stick accompanies only the SP version of the 
> DTXPIII, which costs about $500-$600 more in the States than the 
STD 
> version. Both versions are on display at the good Ed's site; the 
SP 
> is the one this group's home page.
> 
> Ed F

You'all beat me to it!  ;-)

Cheers,

Ed