Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi,

Ed knows FAR more than I, but I had a similar problem...Like you, 
some of my kick hit's did not sound only about a year+ after I got 
my kit.
It turned out that after a LOT of fooling around with settings, I 
simply had a bad solder-joint on the little circuit board within the 
kick tower. Like Ed said, it's hard to see a bad solder joint 
sometimes. I resoldered the connection and it's been fine ever since 
for about 2 or 3 years now. The solder at the factory was on the 
light side for a unit that takes such a beating. I made sure I 
had  'plenty' of solder so it would not likely happen again...Use 
common sence though. 
I've read other's here having a solder-joint issue for their kick 
towers.
But by all means, try your settings first:) easier yet, maybe if you 
have a 2nd kick tower around try using that!

Steve


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "dblock94533" <legend61@i...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > I'm using my DTII as triggers for my sample cd's and my roland 
5080
> > but sometimes when I hit the kick drum, it wont sound on maybe 
one 
> out
> > of 10 hits unless I hit it extra hard. Any ideas on if it might 
be a
> > velocity problem or not?
> > Thanks!
> 
> Hi dblock,
> 
> It could be a velocity problem or a physical one. We don't know 
any 
> of your settings or how hard you tend to hit. If you have to use a 
> lot of brute force to get anything out of the trigger, you might 
> check your gain and minimum velocity settings; a low value for the 
> former and a high one for the latter could impede triggering. A 
high 
> self-rejection setting could also be responsible, and if your kick 
> has a sensitivity knob, too high or too low a setting could be 
> interfering with response. Also, get into the trigger mode on the 
> display for the kick and check the numerical reading for your 
hits. 
> If they're too low for your settings, no matter how you program, 
the 
> trouble may be inside the pad. Open it up and make sure that the 
foam 
> hasn't worn away enough to reduce contact or a wire isn't loose. 
> Sometimes resoldering can help, even if no crack is visible to the 
> naked eye. 
> 
> Ed