Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "daddykingcool" <daddykingcool@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have just purcahsed a Yamaha DTEXPRESS (not II or III) electronic 
> drum kit.  The kit is 2nd hand but looks new and has hardly been 
> used by the previous owner.
> 
> The kit sound fine however:-
> 
> When I hit 2 or more pads at the same time very often one pad will 
> not sound. 
> 
> Even when playing simple beats the snare or hi-hat sometime does 
not 
> sound when they are hit at exactly the same time.
> 
> Any help here would be greatly appreciated.  Is there a simple 
> setting I can change on the brain?

Welcome to the group. I'm a little pressed for time. But I imagine 
that you bought your DTXpress used. You might want to do a factory 
reset to get rid of any problematical programming; getting you back 
to square one should correct the immediate problem, but you should 
understand what happened to cause it. Check the section in the manual 
about "rejection" and "specific rejection," which you will find in 
the Trigger Mode chapter (or see the index). Vibrations along the 
rack when you hit one pad can cause another pad to trigger; this is 
called "crosstalk." The module has rejection settings for each pad to 
minimize the effect. However, when settings aimed at keeping a 
particular pad in check are too high, that pad will refuse to play at 
all under certain conditions. Usually, this pad will be the target 
of "specific rejection" from another pad--for example, the snare 
trigger's menu specifically rejecting the hi hat from voicing when 
the snare is hit. You would do yourself a favor to run a search 
of "specific rejection" in our archives to get a sense of what it 
means and does, as well as consult the manual. We'll be here to 
answer any more questions that you might have, and you will have them.

Ed