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Spare parts: [DTXpress] Digest Number 1723

2005-10-20 by contract731@comcast.net

If you look on Ebay, there are occasional folks who seem to have numerous parts.

Please note that some other "rack" manufacturers parts with a little modification 
work great


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> There are 2 messages in this issue.
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> Topics in this digest:
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>       1. Re: pcy65s
>            From: "themac5150" <themac5150@...>
>       2. anyone have any spare racks parts etc?
>            From: "pmarb38" <a.r.butterworth@...>
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>    Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:53:30 -0000
>    From: "themac5150" <themac5150@...>
> Subject: Re: pcy65s
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>   I don't know how to set the self rejection to "off"  it goes from 0 
> to 9, 0 being the least amount of rejection.  I tried increasing the 
> value but it only increases the time before it will allow the pad to 
> trigger again.  I'm beginning to think that it is intrinsic to the 
> rubber and ribbon switch design.  It doesn't really start self 
> rejecting until I've played for about 30 minutes while practicing.  I 
> think that the edge may be "setting" a depression into the rubber over 
> the course of playing and creating a ribbon always depressed 
> situation.  I strike the edge more on the 2 zones which I have set as 
> crashes.  If I leave it set up and come back in a day it's gone then 
> reappears.  I noticed that during practice that maybe the same thing 
> happened to the pad while it was packed up transporting it to the jam 
> session where it seemed to start choking right from the start.  Just 
> rolling it around in my head.  I tend to get alot more agressive when 
> playing with the guys than practicing alone with the headphones.  
> Anyone else got any theories?  Similar problems or fixes?  I really 
> like the 2 zones, and would hate to downgrade to singles.  From what 
> I've read, there is no way to turn off the choke function.    
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> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan Wilkinson" 
> <bthreadbare@h...> wrote:
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> > I think it might be the self rejection setting...
> > I noticed that when I set mine to ... (off) it stopped muting itself.
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> Message: 2         
>    Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:41:15 -0000
>    From: "pmarb38" <a.r.butterworth@...>
> Subject: anyone have any spare racks parts etc?
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> Hi, I have bought an extra tom pad for my dtxpress 2 kit and wondered 
> if anyone has a spare black tom holder assembly they want to sell? ie 
> the rack clamp, rack tubing (short or long) and pad clamp with the 
> metal bit. I'm in Bristol UK , many thanks
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