Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Cheers mate,
You really helped in clarifying issues I thought that noone has faced 
before.

Please guys if you have any more info I do appriciate your help.

//Danny

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "matthew jones" <mj@i...> wrote:
> I'll have a go at answering at least _some_ of your questions 
(though I'm 
> not the most experienced user here):
> 
> > 1- Drumer Tried to trigger Ghost notes and the least vel I got it 
was
> > 18 and not all the hits were recorded, How do you achieve ghost 
notes.
> 
> You can do a lot adjusting the gain, minimum velocity and velocity 
curves 
> for the trigger inputs.  In the trigger setup you can select which 
trigger 
> to edit by hitting it, then increase the gain to pick up lighter 
hits 
> (decrease to make you have to hit harder).  Is there a minimum 
velocity 
> setting? can't remember.  The velocity curve can adjust the way in 
which it 
> gets louder with increasingly hard hits and you can make it boost 
your 
> accents or make heavy hits almost the same volume as quieter ones.  
I think 
> there are other controls that may also help here.  So if you are 
having a 
> problem with ghost notes not recording then increase the gain (but 
be warned 
> this can bring you into problems such as the other triggers 
interfering with 
> one another, setting each other off if gain is too high).  If the 
quietest 
> notes are getting picked up but send out too high a velocity number 
then I 
> think adjust the minimum velocity and velocity curves.
> 
> > 2- using brushes ...which is better tell the guy to bring his 
snare
> > and record it accosticly... or is there a way to work with it on 
DTX.
> 
> no point playing with brushes on the electronic kit.  If you want 
the brush 
> sound, record it acoustically.  If the guy just prefers playing 
with brushes 
> as opposed to sticks then make him use the flexible plastic rod 
ones 
> (whatever they're called) since these may act as brushes without 
many of the 
> nasty effects of brush 'sticking' to head, too soft to get picked 
up, etc.
> 
> > 3- trying to achieve swiiishhhhhh effect by continuously hiting a
> > cybal will retriger the note and instead I will have a machine Gun
> > effect... is there any way to do it or should I tell the drummer 
to
> > bring his cybal and Mic it.
> 
> Yeah I have mentioned this on the list and nobody seems to make any 
comment. 
> Its also just the way in which the cymbal sound drops in level when 
you hit 
> it quietly after hitting it loudly just before.  Impossible to do 
on a real 
> cymbal (without choking...) it sounds ridiculous and pisses me 
off.  This 
> pretty much makes the cymbals useless for playing anything other 
than a 
> standard crash/splash, so yeah you really need live cymbals for 
these kits.
> 
> can't answer any more q's. hope that is of some help!
> 
> Matt
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "WoofwoofX" <woofwoofx@y...>
> To: <DTXpress@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 6:42 AM
> Subject: [DTXpress] Recording Session
> 
> 
> > Hello there,
> > I amnot a drumme, but we have bought a DTXpress III Sp for our 
studio
> > and not mutch of experience with it, hopefully I will get a hand 
from
> > you guys in order to do a recording session with Cubase sx (in 3 
days
> > time)so:
> >
> > 1- Drumer Tried to trigger Ghost notes and the least vel I got it 
was
> > 18 and not all the hits were recorded, How do you achieve ghost 
notes.
> >
> > 2- using brushes ...which is better tell the guy to bring his 
snare
> > and record it accosticly... or is there a way to work with it on 
DTX.
> >
> > 3- trying to achieve swiiishhhhhh effect by continuously hiting a
> > cybal will retriger the note and instead I will have a machine Gun
> > effect... is there any way to do it or should I tell the drummer 
to
> > bring his cybal and Mic it.
> >
> > 4- Is it possible to record Cymbal Chokes via MIDI and if not any
> > ideas or woekarroung.
> >
> > 5- do you have a drum map for cubase sx ...note I have placed one 
in
> > the forum's files section but it is based on the excel file 
already
> > there and it didn't match?
> >
> > Thanks a million
> > WoofWoofX