Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ooh, do you think it's to do with hitting really hard? I haven't
noticed that, I'll have a play.

Is there anyone out there NOT getting this who would be willing to
share their settings? Even just tell us what type of beater you're
using.

J

> yap....i agree.
>   same thing happens on 1 & 3, if i hit it hard enough..it misses.
>   Even on slow beats.
>   this is on the preset kits  especially on the gm kits
>
>
> john@... wrote:
>   Mine isn't to do with the speed of the second hit, I can just be
> plugging away at beats 1 and 3, and it'll inexplicably miss one.
>
> If your second one is really soon after, that sounds like the self
> rejection setting I was just playing with .. but I'm sure you know
> that.
>
> J
>
>> tried that too....using a single beater or double beater. i moved
>> the
>> it around.
>> this is how it usually skips....on a double pedal....the 1st kik is
>> solidbut the 2nd kik cancels.
>> On a single pedal....2 fast kiks...the first is solid...2nd one
>> blanks out.
>>
>>
>> john@... wrote:
>> I had an aha! moment when I thought .. this is all about the
>> position
>> of the striker on the pad. Now I try to get it as central as
>> possible.
>> Is that a good strategy? It still skips, but it's worse if off
>> centre
>> .. I think.
>>
>> J
>>
>>> i have a dt2e kit with the original kik...i trun the knob all the
>>> way
>>> to the + side...it still skips.
>>> its even worse when i use a double bass pedal. it really skips.
>>> so...when i play live...i just mike the bass drum.
>>>
>>> john@... wrote:
>>> Hi ppl
>>>
>>> It's been a while since I contributed to this group. Well over a
>>> year
>>> ago, Keith, you'll remember looking at my KP65 and working out that
>>> on
>>> trigger it first gave a negative peak, and we concluded that the
>>> piezo
>>> was wired up wrongly.
>>>
>>> I bought another KP65, but the other one seemed OK and I never put
>>> it
>>> on. Well now, pre-gig, I thought I'd try the new one, and that's
>>> exactly the same.
>>>
>>> So, probably, it wasn't the KP65 after all.
>>>
>>> So my problem is still that I can sit and kick away as consistently
>>> as
>>> I like, and sometimes it just misses a trigger.
>>>
>>> What bass drum beater do people use? I managed to break mine and
>>> bought a felt one, but I think I should be using something like a
>>> leather ball, I guess the equivalent is one of those with plastic
>>> one
>>> side and felt the other. Has anyone noticed any improvements or
>>> preferences?
>>>
>>> And settings? I played for the first time with the setting for
>>> rejecting double hits, I think it's set to 3 (maybe). Setting it to
>>> 2
>>> or 4 seemed to cause other problems so I put it back how it was. Is
>>> there anything else I should be looking at?
>>>
>>> All help appreciated.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> J
>>>
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