Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Ed,

Thanks for the kind words.

I probably should've tried to peddle that particular idea to a Roland competitor: it seems one way to work around Roland's seeming death-grip patent on the dual-piezo, mesh-head design.  ;)  I have other approaches (that I haven't gone public with) that would seem to be practical approaches to accomplish similar results in a different manner....

I wonder just how intent competitors are on truly doing something novel in terms of triggering: it's not like the only approach to transducer technology must involve the same old mono/dual piezo paradigm....    There ARE other cost-effective unique alternatives out there.  

At least Yamaha is going with the next-generation dual-switch approach: that's cool.  And I recall OGD did post details of the resistance used for the switch pathways a few months ago: it's somewhere in my notes.  ;)

Anyway, I'll keep you guys in the loop with the VRS.  I need to work out some minor details before letting anything "leave the nest".

Chris

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "feefer2" <feefer2@y...> wrote:
> > Hi Ed and others,
> >
> > Those MP3's were quick and dirty audio demos I made to show off the
> Virtual Rim Switch (VRS), a little electronic device I made that
> allows a mesh-head drum to function like a piezo/rim-switch two-zone
> pad....
>
> Chris,
>
> It's a cool invention. I'm not sure that I agree with you about it
> being too esoteric for the average (or at least the median) e-
> drummer. Even if it seems abstruse on the surface, necessity can be
> the mother of understanding as well as of invention. Drummers on
> budgets are always lamenting  the lack of inputs on their modules. 
> Some shy away from dual-zone mesh pads only because they use up two
> inputs.  Many might view a mesh pad that makes two sounds through
> one "stereo" input a godsend that's worth a little education and/or
> DIY. If you ever do put a meter on the Yamahas, let us know (unless
> of course you ditch love and decide to get some money for your labor).
>
> By the way, I'll have to check with OGD, but the DTXTIIS might have
> the capability of triggering either a second piezo or a switch on
> inputs 1-6. Maybe you know. Something in the back of my mind says so,
> but I could be wrong.
>
> Ed