Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

-I switched the dual zone cymbal back to crash. It works much better
that way than as a ride. I didn't know you could choke the dual zone 
Yamaha cymbals until now. 




-- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "John Spokus" <whistlingtk@> wrote:
> > 
> > The dual zone cymbal pad is sort of weird though,seems kind of 
> > unpredictable what you are going to get when you hit it. It seems 
to 
> > respond more to velocity than the area that I'm hitting as far as 
> > which sound it produces. I'll try it as a crash with the stereo 
cable 
> > and see if I like that better.
> 
> I don't seem to get any subtlety out of the cymbal edge - I whack it
> hard and program it as a nice loud cymbal edge sound.  My work on 
the
> DTXpander has shown that some of the insensitivity on the rims of 
the
> two zone pads is due to the module itself, not the pad.
> 
> > 
> > Back to the snare, given the fact that the pads are as small as 
they 
> > are, you have to stay really focused on the area you hit to get 
the 
> > sound you want, very easy to cross over into the wrong territory.
> > It's not such a problem when you are doing a basic, snare, hi-
hat, 
> > bass beat. But when it comes to going into a roll from the snare 
to 
> > the rack toms, it's easy to hit the side stick area, which can 
sound 
> > a little messy.
> 
> I must admit I have had a TP100 on a snare stand for a while now, 
so I
> don't find that a problem. 
> 
> Keith.
>