Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks again OGD,

What you've said here has jogged my memory from reading the manual, 
and beyond that with your experience of these isssues. 

I understand what you're saying and can apply this as needed.

What I DON'T fully understand is when you say I MUST use up ALL 
unused trigger inputs? Is this correct and why?
If I'm understanding this correctly, then I'm guessing that the 'Y' 
cables are so that I can use say the crash cymbal and split them to 
different modules?
Now I was thinking about the use of 'Y' cables anyway, along with 
possible switchers from my pads cables to alternate a certain pad to 
assign to one module to another, if I need to.

Thanks again, Steve


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "oldguydrummer" <rdamon@m...> wrote:
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Briefly.....you adjust the rejection settings to prevent or 
minimize 
> cross-triggering. When you hit one pad and that pad sounds as well 
as 
> the pad next to it also triggers, even though you only hit one pad.
> 
> There are three rejection settings:
> 
> The first is the general rejection the pad peizo has to the rest 
of 
> the world, the rack, other thinks that make it vibrate in general.
> 
> The second is the rejection the pad has to itself. If the setting 
is 
> too low, one strike may cause the sound to play twice, instead of 
> once, because when you hit the pad hard, it doesn't instantly stop 
> vibrating, so if the continuing vibration is strong enough the 
module 
> will trigger the sound a second time, even though you only hit it 
> once.
> 
> The third rejection is the pad has to a second specific adjacent 
pad. 
> If when you hit the crash2 cymbal hard, and the vibration travels 
> down the mounting arm and down to Tom4 and cause Tom4 to trigger, 
you 
> will have to adjust the Tom4 (input 5) specific rejection setting 
to 
> the crash2 (input 11) to a higher number until the Tom4 no longer 
> triggers accidentally when you strike the crash2 pad.
> 
> When you use multiple modules the first two items can easily be 
> handled, but the third is difficult, but not impossible to handle. 
> You have to use up spare inputs on each module and use some Y-
> splitter cables.
> 
> The way I handled it was dividing the rack up into three sections, 
> left rack pads went to module 1, middle rack pads went to module 2 
> and the right rack pads went to module 3. 
> 
> If your pads aren't crammed together like mine, you shouldn't have 
a 
> problem.
> 
> OGD
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "zapaxe" <a_zapelectric@h...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > Hi OGD,
> > 
> > This rejection you mention is only on one pad into multiple 
inputs 
> > of the same module? Or is it for one pads into different modules 
as 
> > well? 
> > Truthfully I've never experienced rejection or crosstriggering, 
so 
> > I'm not certain exactly what that is...?
> > I'll take a guess (with out RTFM)that rejection is the trigger 
not 
> > triggering? and crosstriggering is unwanted triggering of other 
> > voices/sounds?
> > I set up and mounted all my extra pads, and this weekend I plan 
to 
> > hook up all three of my modules to my mixer. I supposes I be 
> running 
> > into more issues that I've never even heard of before :/
> > 
> > Steve
> >> _