Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Walt,

Thanks a lot for your reply.

So the A / B switch thingie on the pads are not to be worried about. 
Then what about the switch on the hi-hat controller? According to 
its manual A is for closed hi-hat and B is for open ... I tried 
both, but I ain't found no difference.

Oh, by the way, mine is brand new. No crack (I've checked out a lot 
of old posts already) and other wear and tear. I plug the pcy80s to 
the snare input this morning. Its rim didn't sound at all. When I 
put the tp80s to the ride input, its rim worked perfectly with no 
choking at all. I am not really sure, man. Probably these 2 pads are 
physical different, but according to both of their manuals, both 
pads are able to: 1) have a voice on the flat and another on the 
rim, 2) mute long sound by holding the rim (Hey, Yamaha, do you mean 
choking?), 3) have a third voice while holding the rim and hit.

This pcy80s is just weird to me.

Anyway, thanks a lot, and eager to hear from you again.

Regards,
Lychee

--- In DTXpress@y..., Walt <wgardus@y...> wrote:
> 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@y... 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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