Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "sirius9x" <4dddd@w...> wrote:
> Is it possible to connect a simple tom pad and a simple cymbal pad 
to
> input 9/10 and control them separately (playing different sounds)?
> What do I need?
> 
> Thanks for all answers

If I do the job correctly, you shouldn't need any more answers. Yes, 
you can connect a mono cymbal and a mono tom to 9/10. Use a mono 
cable out from each into a TRS splitter, or "Y" adapter, which has 
two mono female leads to accept your tom and cymbal cables and a 
single stereo male connector at the base of the "Y" for the 9/10 
input. (Do not use a splitter that has dual stereo ends; you will not 
get one of your components to work.) Then just set the respective 
voices and triggers for the two pads.

If you use a stereo pad in 9/10, like the 65S variety of snare and 
cymbal, you will not get a rim voice, since 9/10 cannot accommodate 
the rim switch that makes these pads "stereo." However, instead of 
two mono pads, you could use another company's dual-zone pad (Yamaha 
doesn't make anything that corresponds, except the BP80 bar pad), 
which typically feature a bow and bell for a cymbal or a rim and body 
for a snare. Only one dual-zone component will work in 9/10 at a 
time; it's like having two independent mono pads.

Ed