Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Sam,

I saw a post in the vdrum forum, I think, by someone who was working 
with Peter Hart on a new high hat. If I'm not mistaken, it was along 
the lines of the Visu-lite, but don't quote me on it. Anyway, Tom at 
Visu-lite said that the polarity adjustment to accommodate Yamaha 
would not be difficult to make. If I manage to get one, you can bet 
that I'll report on it here. By the way, the favorable post about 
the Pintech Zenbal came from me. I had a little trouble seeing it as 
a high hat trigger, given its design, but who knows? 

Ed

--- In DTXpress@y..., "otacon28us" <reva@s...> wrote:
> yeah i have looked into using them before,and was told by a few 
> different e-drum techs at music stores in my area that they 
wouldn't 
> work right with the yamaha modules.. just like some of the hihat 
> pedals (ex. the pintech hyperhat) won't work with yamaha modules 
> either,but they can be modified to work with these modules,so 
> hopefully there can be something done with the visualites in the 
same 
> sense so they would be able to be used with the yamaha modules as 
> well, i've been looking for that right hihat trigger set-up for my 
> kit for a few yrs now,and i'm still just using a tp-60 pad.. it 
would 
> be great to get that acoustic feel though.. i saw a post on here a 
> while back about the pintech zenbals ,but i'm not sure how it 
would 
> work for a hihat plus you can't mount it like the visualites 
(there's 
> only one cymbal with the pintech) also i had emailed peter hart a 
> while back about what hart may be having available ,and he claimed 
> that hart is putting out a newer model of hihat trigger cymbal as 
> well , i guess it's totally different than what they have 
now,since 
> they have alot of e-drum users that have expressed they expected 
it 
> to be more than what it ended up being ,so hopefully some good 
things 
> will come from that way too.. i mean i'm not biased it's not just 
the 
> name on something it gotta do the job well too... i do agree that 
the 
> sensor pack switch that visualites has with there hihats is 
> definately an excellent concept,and if they can have it be able to 
> work with yamaha gear then that would be a great bonus.... thanks 
for 
> the post on here about it man'
> 
> sam(otacon28)
> --- In DTXpress@y..., "liberatusvirus" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > On the 21st, I posted a question to the group about the Visu-
lite 
> > high hat. I was a little puzzled that nobody here had anything 
to 
> > say about it, while the V-drum discussion group devotes a lot of 
> > attention to it. I just had a talk with Tom Pickard, who 
designed 
> > the Visu-lite products and runs the company. He said that his 
high-
> > hats were based primarily on the Roland modules and, to some 
> extent, 
> > the Alessis ones. He's never had to consider Yamaha users 
because 
> > they haven't expressed much interest. He suspects that the 
polarity 
> > of his high hats as currently made may not be compatible with 
> Yamaha 
> > modules, but he isn't sure. He'd need to get hold of the DTXPU 
> > and/or DTXTU to find out. I told him about this group of more 
than 
> > 500 members who might like to have the Visu-lite high hats as an 
> > option for their kits. He said that he'd contact me with any 
> > information that he gets as soon as possible. I, for one, am 
> excited 
> > by the prospect of the Visu-lite 1300 RHC-100 being available to 
> use 
> > with a Yamaha module.
> > 
> > For those of you who aren't familiar with the Visu-lite high 
hat, 
> it 
> > is the only one at this time that operates with two e-cymbals 
that 
> > open and close on an actual high hat stand. In other words, you 
> play 
> > it just like you would an acoustic high hat. I won't go into the 
> > electronic details, but it is an ingenious design. There's a 
switch-
> > type assembly for open/close modules and a variable controller 
for 
> > modules that can sense open, close, and at least something in 
> > between. From what I can tell at this point, the DTXPU would 
> qualify 
> > for the more versatile one, whereas the Alessis DM5 would need 
the 
> > simple switch. You can check them out at Visu-lite's website and 
> > find out what users think at the V-drum forum.
> > 
> > Here's hoping Tom's phone and email start flooding with Yamaha 
> > people, and we get the chance to use the high hat too.