Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "peterpan" <malakies2000@y...> wrote:
> so for me to work a hart pro snare on a dmpro it needs to occupy 2 
> mono inputs. how would i go about connecting a hart pro snare to a 
> dmpro? seeing as it needs 2 mono inputs, does that mean the snare 
> needs to be connected to the brain through 2 cables? one for each 
> input? or is there a specific cable i need to use? i was under the 
> impression that it only required one cable. 

Pete,

Some dual-mono pads have two mono outputs that require a mono cable 
for each mono input. If I remember correctly, the Hart Pro snare has 
a single TRS output, which would require a TRS splitter to access the 
two separate inputs with two mono (not stereo) cables. If you were to 
connect the Hart Pro to 9/10 on the Xpress module, however, you'd 
simply use one stereo cable, since 9/10 is a dual-mono (TRS) input.
 
> as for the other yamaha pads i'm assuming that connecting them to 
the 
> dmpro will be as easy as connecting them to the dtxpress, just plug 
> and play as it were, right? and finally i'm assuming the same goes 
> for the visu lites when connecting them to the dmpro, plug and play 
> right? 

Your Yamaha stereo pads will simply perform like mono pads when 
connected to the DM Pro, basically as plug and play, though the 
Yamahas may require some tweaking to get right, since they appear to 
have been electronically optimized for the Yamaha module.
 
> would the visu lites work fine with the dtxpress or does this 
create 
> more complications, as i wouldn't mind using some of the cymbal 
> sounds on the dtx brain with the visulites..

The Visu-lites positively love Yamaha electronics. Again, the dual-
mono ride would split into two of inputs 1-8 or into 9/10, and the 
mono crashes could go anywhere. The cymbals with chokes, I presume, 
would require a stereo input.

By the way, like stereo and dual-zone pads, Ed Morin and I are two 
different animals entirely. (Whenever he and I correspond, I always 
identify myself as Ed from Massachusetts so that he won't get us 
mixed up either). But you're right about Ed Morin; he really knows 
his stuff. 

Ed (from Massachusetts)