Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Stephanie Ellison 
<deafdrummer@a...> wrote:
> >  Can anyone think of anything else I should do while I've got 
the
> > monster down on its knees?
> 
> Label your cables end to  end, so that there's no guesswork as 
to what end 
> goes where.  I'm in the habit of leaving the cables and the pads 
on the rack 
> and taking the brain off and putting it into a nice, soft bag when 
I go from 
> place to place.  Eventually, when I make the mesh head pads 
to replace some 
> of the rubber pads, I will have to take the pads off the rack. 
> 
> Stephanie

i agree with that - usally after swapping my kit around i need to 
pulg each one into the snare and then hit all of them to find the 
one thats plugged in.. then connect it up to the right one - quite a 
time consuming process.

i would also recomend buying somethign spiral wrap and 
wrapping the wires to the frame - it makes it much neater and 
prevents people tripping up.

i am not sure how far you plan to go when maintaining your 
system - but recently a few of the peizo's in my kit have decided 
to stop working (my kit is over two years old and has had 
constant use) but it may be work replacing them all to avoid this, 
unless you think it creates more hasstle then it is worth.

i would also recomend getting better cables to connect the 
triggers to the brain - i oftern get cross talk if the cables are too 
close togeth and one of the cables has now stopped working as 
well - a 20m lenght of microphone cable and a few 1/4inch sterio 
connectors should fix the problem. but again you may stand by 
the idea that if its not broken it dosn't need fixing