Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ken" <boomer17@a...> wrote:
> Would this ROM upgrade work for the DTXpress brain and do you think 
they would send one to me? I would like the ability to choke the 
cymbals. Who did you call for the upgrade?
> 

Ken,

A little history.

If you look in the photo's section at my kit you will see I have 11 
cymbal pads. All but two are stereo pads. I have three TP65S pads. I 
have three DtxpuII modules. On the Dtxpress II, I discovered that 
only inputs number 2,6 and 7 allow for choking. That means I only 
have nine inputs to use with choking capability. Using three inputs 
for the TP65S, left me with 6 inputs capable of choking. With 9 
stereo pads, that meant that three of the cymbal pads would end up 
plugged into non-choking inputs. I posted a comment about that on 
this group when I first joined. Someone posted that the Dtxpress I 
could choke on all inputs number 1-8. I emailed Yamaha and they 
confirmed that indeed that the choking was only available on inputs 
2,6 & 7 on the DtxpressII module. The upgrade chips that they sent me 
corrected the problem, by allowing me to have choking on all inputs 1-
8, just like the DtxpressI.  So if you have the DtxpressI, you 
already have that ability.

Since most people don't have a kit the size of mine, the need for the 
upgraded chips is minimal. 

OGD (OldGuyDrummer)