Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- 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

Wow, what a great forum, I never expeted a response so soon.

I have done a factory reset and this did not make any difference - I 
will study the rejection info in the manual - I must admit though 
I'm hopeless at understanding mannuals.

Has anyone else had this problem on a DTEXPRESS kit - if so how 
exactly did you cure it?

Many thanks

Darrell