Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Riflemanwi

My snare and toms all have the eazytune... they came as plug & play. My bass drum needed the mod ... it was really loud! I just added a 100k pot to the circuit so I could adjust it. 

I have had some problems with my snare...the rim wasn't working but the skin sensor was and they had been swapped by the previous owner (I think because the drum skin quit working) and the rim was able to pickup the drum hits... I am still in the process of repairing this problem because I thought it was the rim that wasn't working... lol was I surprized when I installed the new rim piezo and found that the rim still didn't work!!?! then I started taking a good look at the connections and found they were exchanged. Apparently I can use the rim piezo that I took out to replace the drum piezo(with some modifications) it's on my to do list lol

If you are having problems with missing hits and soft hits I would suspect that there is a problem with either your adjustments or the piezo itself.

here is the hope drums videos on setup in youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=HopeDrums&p=r

the one for dtx III should give you the information you need(if yours is a dtx-III that is)(it is very long but is worth watching!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQssf7jGVaY
if you geta log in page just go to a search youtube box and search for hope drums dtx... you should be able to find it there. Here are the settings too;

Snare settings
Trigger  - TP1/snrA
Gain     - 65
MVEL     - 16
VelCurve - Hard 2
Self Rej - 1
Rej      - 2

you can do a quick check of your drum piezo by hitting your rim and seeing if it works properly(no soft or missing beats)...you may have the same problem mine had with the previous owner! and are just getting crossover hits with the rim piezo. soft hits on the center of the drum should be easy(just drop the end of your stick on the drum and it should consistantly sound.

If it is the piezo, first check that the double sided tape holding it in place is intact and holding it down...the foam post also must be attached to the drum skin and the piezo. You might also email pintech to get help with this...they are willing to work with us on repairs!
Tom
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Posted by: "riflemanwi" riflemanwi@...   riflemanwi
Fri Aug 8, 2008 7:25 pm (PDT)

do you have the 100k pot mod dont to yours or is it plug and play? also 
what are your settings at? my snare will not pickup rolls at all and 
some hits are loud and some are soft when i hit it at the same velocity.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroup s.com, Tom Watson <palomineo@. ..> wrote:
>
> Hi I have pintech 10"drums with eztune on my drumset. The easy tune 
simply adjusts the level of the signal going to the (in my case DTX-I)
module. this helps you to match your drum output to what your module is 
looking for.
> Tom
> 
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