Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Well, I went thru two TP80S's. I sent the first one back because of 
crappy response. I really had to smack the rim to get any sound. The 
next one was better, but still a lot of force required to trigger the 
rim. That makes it pretty much useless for any real musical playing.
I returned it also. Does anyone know of a GOOD stereo pad?
Scott

--- In DTXpress@y..., "clementpoon" <wifebeater@t...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I just joined the group recently. I have been purchasing my DTXpress 
> piece by piece. I now have the brain, 1 TP80, 1 TP80S, and 2 PCY80S. 
> My question is regarding the TP80S: how sensitive is the rim portion 
> of it? I've noticed that it takes a considerable strike for the rim 
> to react (at least compared to the rest of the drum), and also, the 
> rim is NO WHERE near as sensitive as the rim on both my PCY80S'.
> 
> I am just wondering if I should just return it to the store while I 
> still got time (I already returned a PCY60 to this store because it 
> had very wonky response).
> 
> I've tried playing with the sensitivity dial on the bottom of the 
> pad, to no avail. I've also tried plugging in my PCY to the snare 
> port, and no problems triggering both rim and main sound from it.
> 
> I am watching the triggering menu, and it seems the rim only reacts 
> to hits with at least 31% velocity. Do I have wonky TP80S, or is 
> this normal? OH yeah, when I bought it, it already had stick marks 
> on it (no box or cable either).
> 
> Thanks!!