Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Great information!  Thanks!

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Timothy & Jessamyn" <80134@b...> 
> wrote:
> > Hello-
> > 
> > I've added a Pintech mesh head pad to my DTXpress kit and I'm 
> having 
> > problems with missed triggering.  Occasionally when I strike the 
> > mesh head, it doesn't sound.  I'm sure there's some settings I 
need 
> > to change in the module to get the greatest response from this 
mesh 
> > head.  Can anyone tell me how to adjust the settings for this 
mesh 
> > pad without changing the setting for the rest of the kit?
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> When a Pintech mesh integrates properly with a DTXPU, the 
triggering 
> tends to be extremely hot. So your dropouts are probably curable. 
In 
> the trigger menu for input 2 (I assume), under "Pad Type," select 
> DT10/20. In other words, set up your snare as if it were a 
triggered 
> acoustic. (Depending on which DTXpress iteration you have, you 
could 
> also try an RHP setting, which refers to the mylar heads that 
> accompanied the first DTXtreme and were often swapped for meshes 
in 
> the real world.) Then go to the back of the module and flip the 
DIP 
> switch that corresponds with input 2 to the raised position (you 
may 
> need a pin or something with a tapered point). At that point, the 
> Pintech should start firing with a vengeance when you hit it. The 
> triggering options for taming it (gain, min. velocity, etc.) will 
> have only limited effect. If your playing requires a wide dynamic 
> range, you may feel a bit shortchanged, since the module tends to 
> flatten response on the heavy side. Some people add a pot to the 
> cable from the snare to module to adjust sensitivity downward 
enough 
> to ensure that light hits are soft and only hard ones loud. Other 
> people are satisfied without it. Unfortunately, my friend Brian is 
no 
> longer at Pintech. He had a plan--among many others that will 
> probably never see the light of day--to add a sensitivity control 
to 
> the Pintech meshes themselves, to refine their use with Yamaha 
> modules. Anyway, I've used Pintech meshes, as have many other 
> members, with a Yamaha module very happily.
> 
> Ed