Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

The three sound Rolands are two piezos (bow and bell) and a rim FSR, 
I think. If the three-sound Yammies were meant for inputs 2-7, then 
you couldn't split an input to accommmodate a PCY-10. I recommend 
the Zenbal stereo over the CY-6. Not only does it have a 2" 
advantage; it also responds better through the Yamaha electronics. 
If you're looking toward the CY-12H, make sure that you like how it 
triggers with the Yamaha. It'll work, but sometimes the Rolands seem 
attenuated. The upgrade bug is always going around in edrum world, 
at every level, it seems. Many people also try swinging a smaller 
animal than a cat.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> 
> Afternoon Ed,
> 
> Thanks for the usually rapid reply.
> 
> > I believe that the new snare is two switches and a piezo...
> > The third sound on the Yamaha could be a bell or anything
> > else that strikes your fancy. 
> 
> Bell would certainly strike my fancy... my biggest gripe with e-
> drums is lousy cymbal provision. But if the third trigger is a 
> switch, presumably it will not be velocity-sensing but just on or 
> off? And this would preclude the use of the PCY-10?
> 
> > If you like the idea of a hi hat on a regular acoustic
> > stand, check out Visu-lite's new Yamaha compatible hi hat.
> 
> Highly tempting... but a key constraint is space. I have already 
> stuggled this bill through the "over my cold, dead body" stage of 
> the domestic finance subcommitte. It needs to keep to the 
> collapsibility of the Yamaha stand. The whole thing needs to fit 
> into a small music room which already houses my kids assortment of 
> instruments (piano, two guitars, flute, clarinet, french horn) as 
> well as the second TV and DVD, all in a space which would preclude 
> cat-swinging.
> 
> This is my current cunning plan:
> 
> 1. Swap out the hi-hat TP65 for a better dual-zone cymbal pad, 
> either a Zenbal or Roland CY-12H.
> 
> 2. Use the TP65 liberated above as a fourth tom on input 9/10.
> 
> 3. Move the single zone PCY-65 from 7 (crash) to the other half of 
> 9/10.
> 
> 4. Get another stereo cymbal (either Zenbal or Roland CY-6) as a 
> crash (7).
> 
> 5 (Eventually) swap out the pie slice PCY-65s for Zenbals or 
Roland 
> CY-6s.
> 
> I can't believe I'm planning the upgrade of kit I don't yet have, 
> but that does seem to be the standard MO in e-drum land!
> 
> Stewart