Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

It's been really interesting going back through the archives - but I 
can't see any mention of a UK source of the much discussed y 
splitters (although at least now I understand what I'm looking for!)

Same for a general internet search...

However I did come across this site if anyone else is having the 
same problem - it seems to be a Yamaha keyboard club, but the nice 
lady who answers the 'phone took the order and noted down the name 
of my 'keyboard' :-)

http://www.yamaha-club.co.uk/access_05.html

I've ordered a 'BCK-2JSJ' which sounds like it might work, we'll see 
when it comes.

Failing that anyone know where I might find the real thing?

Many thanks,
William

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "William Sutherland" <ws@l...> wrote:
> It's been really interesting going back through the archives - but 
I 
> can't see any mention of a UK source of the much discussed y 
> splitters (although at least now I understand what I'm looking for!)
> 
> Same for a general internet search...
> 
> However I did come across this site if anyone else is having the 
> same problem - it seems to be a Yamaha keyboard club, but the nice 
> lady who answers the 'phone took the order and noted down the name 
> of my 'keyboard' :-)
> 
> http://www.yamaha-club.co.uk/access_05.html
> 
> I've ordered a 'BCK-2JSJ' which sounds like it might work, we'll 
see 
> when it comes.
> 
> Failing that anyone know where I might find the real thing?
> 

William,

The one at your link is the right idea, but I'm not sure from the 
description that the plugs are 1/4" phonos (I don't speak mm very 
well). For instance, the item immediately above actually states that 
the leads have phono plugs. If you end up getting the wrong ends, you 
could always get three adaptors to the correct ones.  Thomann has a 
suitable splitter at http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw2_artikel-
148009.html, though it's always better to have the two mono female 
ends so that you can be more flexible with the length of the cables. 
Just one more reason why you should move to the states (big grin; no 
pressure).

Ed

--- William Sutherland wrote:
> I've ordered a 'BCK-2JSJ' which sounds like it might work,
> we'll see when it comes.

That seems to be the fellow. Except it's a whole pound cheaper from 
the supplier direct:

http://www.bck.co.uk/htm/Cables.htm

And there's a seller on eBay doing them - item # 3718252811 (not a 
personal recommendation).

I can't for the life of me remember where I got mine. I thought it 
was either Maplin (can't have been - theirs is only 20cm long!) or 
Starland (can't find it there). Ho hum. Old age strikes again.

Stewart

thanks Ed,

I did look on Thomann's but missed that - I'll see what happens when 
they come.

We live in a strange dual mm/inches world in the UK - it's just over 
25mm to the inch so I guess the plugs will be 1/4" (it's just that 
we're not supposed to use inches anymore... sheesh).

20 years ago I had an invite from a US band touring here to go back 
with them - guess I should have taken them up on it... if only to 
get these darn leads!

:-)
William


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "William Sutherland" <ws@l...> 
wrote:
> > It's been really interesting going back through the archives - 
but 
> I 
> > can't see any mention of a UK source of the much discussed y 
> > splitters (although at least now I understand what I'm looking 
for!)
> > 
> > Same for a general internet search...
> > 
> > However I did come across this site if anyone else is having the 
> > same problem - it seems to be a Yamaha keyboard club, but the 
nice 
> > lady who answers the 'phone took the order and noted down the 
name 
> > of my 'keyboard' :-)
> > 
> > http://www.yamaha-club.co.uk/access_05.html
> > 
> > I've ordered a 'BCK-2JSJ' which sounds like it might work, we'll 
> see 
> > when it comes.
> > 
> > Failing that anyone know where I might find the real thing?
> > 
> 
> William,
> 
> The one at your link is the right idea, but I'm not sure from the 
> description that the plugs are 1/4" phonos (I don't speak mm very 
> well). For instance, the item immediately above actually states 
that 
> the leads have phono plugs. If you end up getting the wrong ends, 
you 
> could always get three adaptors to the correct ones.  Thomann has 
a 
> suitable splitter at 
http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw2_artikel-
> 148009.html, though it's always better to have the two mono female 
> ends so that you can be more flexible with the length of the 
cables. 
> Just one more reason why you should move to the states (big grin; 
no 

> pressure).
> 
> Ed

Great stuff Stewart, thanks.

It's amazing how difficult it is to find music and particularly drum 
equipment retailers details in the UK via Google (poor web page 
design/metatags maybe?).

William


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> --- William Sutherland wrote:
> > I've ordered a 'BCK-2JSJ' which sounds like it might work,
> > we'll see when it comes.
> 
> That seems to be the fellow. Except it's a whole pound cheaper 
from 

> the supplier direct:
> 
> http://www.bck.co.uk/htm/Cables.htm
> 
> And there's a seller on eBay doing them - item # 3718252811 (not a 
> personal recommendation).
> 
> I can't for the life of me remember where I got mine. I thought it 
> was either Maplin (can't have been - theirs is only 20cm long!) or 
> Starland (can't find it there). Ho hum. Old age strikes again.
> 
> Stewart

--- William Sutherland wrote:
> It's amazing how difficult it is to find music and
> particularly drum equipment retailers details in the
> UK via Google (poor web page design/metatags maybe?).

Most spiders don't place much weight (if any) on robot metatags any 
more. Google relies mostly on referrers, I think. You just have to 
be a bit cunning(*) about your search terms. Handy linkfests like 
these help too:

http://www.harmony-central.com/Drums/
http://www.vintagelogos.com/weblinks.html

Stewart

(*) guesswork

To help make sure people got the right part when ordering a cable of this
sort (TRS Splitter), I created a schematic that is in the photos section
of our site:

<http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dtxpress/vwp?.dir=/Inside+the+Dtxpress&.src=gr&.dnm=TRS.gif&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dtxpress/lst%3f%26.dir=/Inside%2bthe%2bDtxpress%26.src=gr%26.view=t>

And, since Yahoo can't seem to make it easy to link to, or embed, pics
into email, here's the link in non-gigantic format since most mail
readers will screw up the long link above:

http://tinyurl.com/2aof6

Vern

PS: I also attached the pic to this email... but it'll prolly get
stripped out...

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Senior Systems Engineer    | obviously incompetent so why are we
Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network
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emf said:

> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "William Sutherland" <ws@l...> wrote:
>> It's been really interesting going back through the archives - but
> I
>> can't see any mention of a UK source of the much discussed y
>> splitters (although at least now I understand what I'm looking for!)
>>
>> Same for a general internet search...
>>
>> However I did come across this site if anyone else is having the
>> same problem - it seems to be a Yamaha keyboard club, but the nice
>> lady who answers the 'phone took the order and noted down the name
>> of my 'keyboard' :-)
>>
>> http://www.yamaha-club.co.uk/access_05.html
>>
>> I've ordered a 'BCK-2JSJ' which sounds like it might work, we'll
> see
>> when it comes.
>>
>> Failing that anyone know where I might find the real thing?
>>
>
> William,
>
> The one at your link is the right idea, but I'm not sure from the
> description that the plugs are 1/4" phonos (I don't speak mm very
> well). For instance, the item immediately above actually states that
> the leads have phono plugs. If you end up getting the wrong ends, you
> could always get three adaptors to the correct ones.  Thomann has a
> suitable splitter at http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw2_artikel-
> 148009.html, though it's always better to have the two mono female
> ends so that you can be more flexible with the length of the cables.
> Just one more reason why you should move to the states (big grin; no
> pressure).
>
> Ed
>
>
>
>
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cheers, Stewart - nice links.

I guessed from your CV that you'd know a bit about the 
technicalities of web pages :-)

You've probably come across this one - but just in case, here's a 
site I like
http://www.drummerworld.com

William

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> --- William Sutherland wrote:
> > It's amazing how difficult it is to find music and
> > particularly drum equipment retailers details in the
> > UK via Google (poor web page design/metatags maybe?).
> 
> Most spiders don't place much weight (if any) on robot metatags 
any 

> more. Google relies mostly on referrers, I think. You just have to 
> be a bit cunning(*) about your search terms. Handy linkfests like 
> these help too:
> 
> http://www.harmony-central.com/Drums/
> http://www.vintagelogos.com/weblinks.html
> 
> Stewart
> 
> (*) guesswork