Trigger mode Click mode Song mode Kit Drum Reference

Reference

Basic Structure of the DTXTREME III

Pads (Trigger Input Sources) and Trigger Signals

Hitting the pad produces a trigger signal which includes information about how strongly you hit the pad and what section of the pad you hit. The signal is transmitted via the cable and Trigger Input jack (pages 12 and 60) to the DTXTREME III. The corresponding drum sound is triggered in the Tone Generator Block by this trigger signal. One trigger signal triggers one Drum Voice when setting the pad to sound only a single sound at a time. One pad generates one type of trigger signal or multiple types of trigger signals according to the pad model, what section of the pad you hit, how you play the pad and the particular pad settings. The pad generating the trigger signal may be also referred to as “Trigger Input Source.”

■Mono pads generating one type of trigger signal

Mono pads such as the TP65 drum pad and PCY65 cymbal pad can generate and transmit only one type of the trigger signal to the DTXTREME III regardless of where on the pad you hit.

■2-zone pads/3-zone pads generating multiple types of trigger signal

The PCY65S generates two different types of trigger signals and the PCY155 generates three different types of trigger signals depending on where you hit the pad, while the PCY65 generates one type of trigger signal regardless of the location of the hit.

Pads generating multiple types of trigger signals depending on where they are hit commonly come in two different types: 2-zone pads or 3-zone pads. The PCY155 illustrated below as example can generate three types of trigger signals from the Pad section, Edge section and Cup section, each of which is a separate Trigger Input Source.

Three Trigger Input Sources on the cymbal pad and the corresponding trigger signals

Example: PCY155

Utility mode File mode

Trigger Signal A

A:

Bow section

B:Trigger Signal B

Edge section

Trigger Signal C

C:

Cup section

The Voice assigned to the Trigger Input

Source A (Bow section) is triggered.

The Voice assigned to the Trigger Input

Source B (Edge section) is triggered.

The Voice assigned to the Trigger Input

Source C (Cup section) is triggered.

One cable and One Trigger Input jack handle three types of trigger signals.

mode Sampling mode Chain mode

NOTE

•The KICK jack is a mono jack and cannot handle multiple trigger signals even when a 2-zone pad or 3-zone pad is connected.

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