Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Go to town man!  Anything goes with E-Kits... one of the preset kits 
(don't know the name, I was just watching someone) had the hihat 
closed sound (the sound from stomping the pedal down) was set to a 
eletronic "laser" sound but the hihats were still normal, you could 
play closed hats or open hats and everything in between... but stomp 
your foot down and you had a completely crazy sound... it was pretty 
cool to listen to an inovative drummer play with that sound.  (I'm 
not even close to a drummer so it doesn't take much to impress me ;)

You don't even really have to plug the pad in anywhere different but 
it may be easier then editing the kits to accomidate the 2 tom setup, 
and leaves that tom open to be used if you get another pad.

I'm making a few homemade triggers to use for maybe a third cymbal 
(china probably) and special fx like 808 or cowbell stuff.  I don't 
need precision here since it will be special effects.

Good luck and have fun dreaming up all the things you can do until 
you get your kit in!
Gilligan

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "buddyrich4444" <PilchersSquad@a...> 
wrote:
> Since its a long weekend it looks like I wont have my DTXPRESSIII in
> the UPS until tues, so maybe this will hold me over: (I have never
> used the DTXPRESS so if this makes no sense - that is why) what if I
> plugged in the "right rack tom pad" into a crash cymbal 1/4" jack in
> the back - would it work as a cymbal? so instead of 3 toms and 2
> cymbals it would be 2 toms and 3 cymbals. I may not even do 
something
> like that but just wondered if anyone tried it. same goes with the
> other pads.