Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> As for more pads... well. I shall be resisting temptation until at
> least the fall. Probably.

Understood, Stewart...  I have a snare stand on layaway for my new mesh snare 
pad (home-made by a new friend!), and then I need to get a piece of a rug or 
carpet for my drum set.  The house I will be renting a room in has all 
hardwood floors.  Once I have my employment situation more stable, I will 
start making mesh head pads for my kit, then maybe sell or donate additional 
ones to a music school here in Austin.

Stephanie

Well, my TP80S cymbals turned up this week, and after some tweaking 
and another re-cabling exercise I think I'm done with my (to borrow 
OldGuy's terminology) "phase I" setup.

Pictures are here:
http://www.manley.org.uk/stewart/stewartp2.html

Shrewd folk will notice that, in the labeled picture, I have two 
snare pads on input 2. I was faced with a dilemma... I liked the 
real-estate and overall playability of the Pintech SE-102, but 
wanted one good rim (usually for side-stick). I also like to play 
some stuff that uses a "piccolo" snare. So a compromise hit me... I 
will split both pads into input 2 using a stereo splitter (not 
trying to split the rim/main, both are wired identically). I set up 
the two rims as a piccolo sound and a sidestick, with the main pad 
as a layered snare. Best of both worlds! Hopefully. I'm just waiting 
to get the splitter cable, so it may yet not work out. I may do the 
same trick with my "spare" TP65, and use it as a low ride between 
the right-hand two TP80S pads, split into input 7 in the same way. 
It'll be the same ride sound as on the crash/ride, of course, but 
the pad will be in a more "natural" place for a ride.

And phase II? More inputs, Igor, more inputs. Sometime in the fall, 
I will either get a brain with more inputs (perhaps the DTXtremeII), 
or a second DTXpressII brain, or a trigger-MIDI converter. At that 
time, I will be looking to add a mesh dual-zone snare, a "real" 
separate piccolo, a bar pad, a couple more toms, and more cymbals.

Stewart

Hey Steward,  looks good!!  Looks like your tearing it up too! :)  I 
can't wait to see the extra pads but I doubt we'll have to wait long 
before you have more!  I also agree with the air-moving device!  I 
have three fans in my room because it gets so hot with my computer 
and stereo in here as well.  I have one fan pointed directly at my 
butt, another on a speaker, and the one the on the ceiling turned on 
high and I still get all sweaty!

-UN.H


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> Well, my TP80S cymbals turned up this week, and after some 
tweaking 
> and another re-cabling exercise I think I'm done with my (to 
borrow 
> OldGuy's terminology) "phase I" setup.
> 
> Pictures are here:
> http://www.manley.org.uk/stewart/stewartp2.html
> 
> Shrewd folk will notice that, in the labeled picture, I have two 
> snare pads on input 2. I was faced with a dilemma... I liked the 
> real-estate and overall playability of the Pintech SE-102, but 
> wanted one good rim (usually for side-stick). I also like to play 
> some stuff that uses a "piccolo" snare. So a compromise hit me... 
I 
> will split both pads into input 2 using a stereo splitter (not 
> trying to split the rim/main, both are wired identically). I set 
up 
> the two rims as a piccolo sound and a sidestick, with the main pad 
> as a layered snare. Best of both worlds! Hopefully. I'm just 
waiting 
> to get the splitter cable, so it may yet not work out. I may do 
the 
> same trick with my "spare" TP65, and use it as a low ride between 
> the right-hand two TP80S pads, split into input 7 in the same way. 
> It'll be the same ride sound as on the crash/ride, of course, but 
> the pad will be in a more "natural" place for a ride.
> 
> And phase II? More inputs, Igor, more inputs. Sometime in the 
fall, 
> I will either get a brain with more inputs (perhaps the 
DTXtremeII), 

> or a second DTXpressII brain, or a trigger-MIDI converter. At that 
> time, I will be looking to add a mesh dual-zone snare, a "real" 
> separate piccolo, a bar pad, a couple more toms, and more cymbals.
> 
> Stewart

--- "underneathheaven" wrote:
> I have three fans in my room ... I have one fan
> pointed directly at my butt...

Ah. In my case, that would require a device rather larger than that 
stocked by most retail electrical outlets.

As for more pads... well. I shall be resisting temptation until at 
least the fall. Probably.

Stewart

--- I  wrote:
> ... I have two snare pads on input 2 ... I liked the 
> real-estate and overall playability of the Pintech
> SE-102, but wanted one good rim (usually for side-stick).
> I also like to play some stuff that uses a "piccolo"
> snare. So  ... I will split both pads into input 2 using
> a stereo splitter (not trying to split the rim/main, both
> are wired identically). I set up the two rims as a piccolo
> sound and a sidestick, with the main pad as a layered
> snare. I'm just waiting to get the splitter cable, so it
> may yet not work out.

Just to confirm I've finally gotten around to doing this, and it 
works just fine!

Stewart