Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Are there any Mesh-head pads that WILL give the dual-trigger capability 
on the DTXPRESS III tom inputs ?

I've heard that DTXpress III requires the equivalent of an FSR trigger 
strip for the rim and no mesh pad in existence has that (presently).  
 
Thanks.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry" <jeraldlhenderson@y...>
wrote:
> Are there any Mesh-head pads that WILL give the dual-trigger 
capability 
> on the DTXPRESS III tom inputs ?
> 
> I've heard that DTXpress III requires the equivalent of an FSR 
trigger 
> strip for the rim and no mesh pad in existence has that 
(presently).  
>  
> Thanks.


If you can get your hands on an origional DTXtreme tom it would work 
on inputs 1-8. (I'm pretty sure, please correct me if I'm wrong)      
I wish they still made them, they rock.
G

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "G" <kickflippin@h...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry" <jeraldlhenderson@y...>
> wrote:
 
> If you can get your hands on an origional DTXtreme tom it would work 
> on inputs 1-8. (I'm pretty sure, please correct me if I'm 
wrong)      
> I wish they still made them, they rock.

G,

No. The original DTXtreme toms were basically mesh pads with mylar 
heads. They would play on inputs 1-8 on a DTXpress module but only as 
mono pads, not with rim switch capability. Many people actually 
replaced the mylar with mesh to make them quieter. Yamaha at one time 
intended to get into the woven-head market, even to the point of 
patenting their own perforated design, but Roland turned out to have 
too much of a stranglehold on it. 

Ed Morin at Drumbalaya seems to have had the last big batch of these 
pads a while back. I think that he got them directly from Yamaha 
(right, Ed?). A year or two ago, someone selling a DTXI1 kit or 
components would turn up on ebay and elsewhere, but the stream seems 
to have largely run dry.

Ed

> G,
> 
> No. The original DTXtreme toms were basically mesh pads with mylar 
> heads. They would play on inputs 1-8 on a DTXpress module but only 
as 
> mono pads, not with rim switch capability. 


That's odd that the rim switch works with DTXtreme and not with the 
DTXpress? Why does a TP80s work with both kits and not the RHP80? 
With Pearl mesh heads they feel realy nice! 
G

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "G" <kickflippin@h...> wrote:
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry" <jeraldlhenderson@y...>
> > wrote:
>  
> > If you can get your hands on an origional DTXtreme tom it would 
work 
> > on inputs 1-8. (I'm pretty sure, please correct me if I'm 
> wrong)      
> > I wish they still made them, they rock.
> 
> G,
> 
> No. The original DTXtreme toms were basically mesh pads with mylar 
> heads. They would play on inputs 1-8 on a DTXpress module but only 
as 
> mono pads, not with rim switch capability. Many people actually 
> replaced the mylar with mesh to make them quieter. Yamaha at one 
time 
> intended to get into the woven-head market, even to the point of 
> patenting their own perforated design, but Roland turned out to 
have 
> too much of a stranglehold on it. 
> 
> Ed Morin at Drumbalaya seems to have had the last big batch of 
these 
> pads a while back. I think that he got them directly from Yamaha 
> (right, Ed?). A year or two ago, someone selling a DTXI1 kit or 
> components would turn up on ebay and elsewhere, but the stream 
seems 
> to have largely run dry.
> 
> Ed

Yes, that's correct.  We purchased *all* of Yamaha's (US) known 
remaining inventory of the original DTXTREME RHP pads.  The snares 
went pretty quickly.  We have two KP120's left and a number of 
RHP80's, but that's it as far that goes.  We purchased all their old 
DTXPRESS I/II stuff as well at the same time (it was several pallets 
worth stacked high) and still have a few modules/racks.  It's been 
an interesting experience, that's for sure!

Ed