Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Lychee,

Welcome to the world of DTXpress!

I have some ideas for some of your questions, but the
one about the choke I need more time to think about. 
One question I did have was is your kit a new one or
used one?  Many people have had choking problems with
the PCY80s (it usually is older pads) that they were
able to fix by cleaning under the rim sensor.

On your question number 2, the A/B switch is a
polarity setting, which is different from the
sensitivity setting control on Yamaha pads (this is a
small volume control).  The reason for the A/B switch
is that different modules use different polarity
settings.  The good news is that Yamaha modules
automatically sense the polarity of triggers when you
power them on, so having the switch in either the A or
B position should mean no difference for you.

For your question 3, this is a topic we all have to
learn about when we start on edrums, so do not feel
alone.  I will suggest that you look at post # 2391 to
start.  This has a description of the different
rejection parameters and what they do.  After you read
that you can certainly ask other,more detailed
questions if you have any.

Thanks,  Walt   
--- lycheelok <lycheelok@...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to drumming and to my fresh DTXpress that
> came in yesterday. 
> I'm just an ordinary guy in Hong Kong and wanna
drum
> better. So I 
> ordered this cool thing for home practice.
> 
> Alright, please allow me to ask a few questions:
> 
> 1. I put the pcy60 up on the left as the crash
and
> the pcy80s on the 
> right as the ride. I set it this way as I don't
need
> more than one 
> sound from my crash. Normally I play the ride in
2
> way: tapping the 
> flat (ding, ding, ding-ding; ding, ding-ding ...)
> and hitting hard on 
> the edge for a splash. The flat on the pcy80s
works
> perfect for me; 
> however, the rim is choking too much. When I go
for
> a double hit on 
> the rim, the second hit just chokes (mutes, I
> prefer) the first. I, 
> personally, don't need choking at all. In fact, a
> tp80s is also in 
> the package and I use it as the snare. Though
hard
> hitting is needed, 
> the rim produces rimshot without choking or any
> other problem. So, 
> are the pcy80s and tp80s physically different
that
> the choking is 
> produced by the pcy80s' switch but no by the
tp80s'?
> Or is it just a 
> setting in the brain for ride cymbal that I can
> disable?
> 
> 2. What is the difference between A and B on the
> high hat controller? 
> What about the A / B polarity switch on some of
the
> pads? The manual 
> explains that the switch's for sensitivity, but
it
> never tells me 
> whether A is higher or lower ...
> 
> 3. I am totally lost when I read the part
regarding
> self-rejection 
> and specific rejection in the manuel ... may
someone
> here brief me a 
> little bit please? In fact, when I play some
faster
> grooves that has 
> notes with simultaneous hits of closed hi-hat,
> snare, and bass drum, 
> the snare doesn't sound. Are these rejection
> settings the ones I 
> should look into?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Regards,
> Lychee
> 
> 


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