Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Simon,

Thanks for your help.  It gives me a place to start.  I was not sure if it
were a problem with the pad or the DTXpress unit itself.   I will take it to
a dealer and have them test the tower.

Jay



> Jay
>
> I think it went over a period of time as I was having to Hit the Bass
> harder and harder to produce the same sound, at first I thought it was a
> settings problem, but after my friend had a go (he owns DTXpress too)he
> said there was something wrong.  The guy in the shop tried the tower out
> and immediately said it was defective.  I opened the tower up before I
> took it to the shop but I could see nothing visibly wrong, so I guessed
> the Piezo pick up had broke?  Not good news, try playing for 2 weeks
> with no bass pedal.  I tried re assigning the HH pedal in place of the
> bass but it isn't the same.
>
>  Good Luck
>
> Simon Rowe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Welch [mailto:jay@...]
> Sent: 21 May 2001 19:27
> To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [DTXpress] Re: Kick pad problem
>
>
> Did they tell you what the problem was?  Did it just start happening all
> of
> the sudden on your kit?   I guess it was not a drum pad issue if it was
> sent
> back.
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>
>
>
> > I had exactly the same problem a month ago, so I took it back to the
> > music shop and they sent it away for repair, it took two weeks but
> > everything is fine now.
> >
> > Simon Rowe
> >
> > --- In DTXpress@y..., "Jay Welch" <jay@s...> wrote:
> > > I have had my DTXpress for about 3 months.  Just yesterday my kick
> > drum started having some problems.   The volume has become very low
> > relative to the other pads and on some hits it will not sound at
> > all.   I have the volume on the back of the kick drum all the way up
> > and the volume on the dtxpress unit is all the way up.   I switched
> > out the cable to see if that was the problem and got the same
> > result.    It acts the same way on any kit I select.  All of the
> > other pads sound fine.
> > >
> > > Is it possible that the pad has gone bad?   If so how long should
> > they last if I average an hour a day playing?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jay
> >
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