Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey Andy
I have the DTX1 and used the DTXIII settings! they are all there and work fine. Just push the trigger button(top mid) to get there and then page up and down to get to the gain, velocity page and the other settings. use the two buttons (bottom right) to change the setting and use the next up 2 buttons to shift between settings on the same page. 
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play  trig     Start  <Page>   |
  O    X         O    X    X   | page up/down  
util  voice    Save    <Sel>   |
  O    X         O    X    X   | shift to next/previous setting
click song     Shift  <Value>  |
  O    O         O    X    X   | adjust value up/down
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There is a hard-2 setting. My pintech are concertcast too.

For amping I put the DTXI stereo outputs into a tascam 2488(2 tracks one left stereo one right) From there the 2488 outputs go to a pair of powered bass speakers then from the amp outputs to a yamaha MSR400 and a non powered monitor speaker which we have sitting either side of the drummer, lol like a humongous headphone. Just got me thinking I should consider getting some light headphones and get him to try that. Then his volume would be independent of the mix.

I have adjusted the volume on all the pads to make everything mix properly... some are quiet so I had to tame the loud ones and increase the quiet ones. for each drum kit... I think the dtxI has a brain problem sometimes and it messes with all kinds of things... I regularly do factory resets on the thing!(in the utility settings). There is no ground on the dtxI plug and I've found that a floating ground will sooner or later mess with your digital settings... ok got off topic here!lol anybody know how to easily add a ground to the dtxI?

there is a volume dial up for a pad, but I haven't had any luck getting it to work! check the manual... don't forget the knob on the drum for adjusting the trigger(not on the kick use gain instead--->) and oh there is gain on the trigger settings... I did play with that for a quiet pad.
Tom


Re: Missing / skipping kick beats on DTX1 poll results and my soluti
Posted by: "Andy Citron" andycitron@...   andycitron
Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:32 pm (PDT)

Tom, Mick,
Thanks for the info.

I'm using a DTXpress I. So some of the settings are probably different.
The Pintech is a 'concertcast' . 
I use a roland KC 550 amp.

But really, even when going thru headphones and no amp, the 
pintechs are lower in the mix.

I like Mick's 'duhh' idea of turning the volume of the other pads down.
I'm a bit vague on how to do that best.

It does seem that different kits have different pads that are louder
or softer. I don't have to adjust each kit do I? I hope not.

So the next question is: On the DTXpress I, how do I lower
the individual pads 'globally'. (not for each kit.)

I did watch the video Tom mentioned. The DTX I has similar
settings to DTXIII but not identical to the video. The DTX I
is sort of ancient.

I see the video said to set the velocity curve to 'hard 2'.
The docs I got from Pintech don't mention 'velocity curve'. It
mentions Vel Rng. I that the same thing? I don't think there's
a 'hard 2' option in the DTX I. 

Any one know how to do this the the DTX I?

thanks,
Andy


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