Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Giles,
Sorry to take so long getting back to you. Great that you got the kit!
Sounds like you are already ahead of me in terms of experimenting. I should
have warned you about the hi-hat cord! Chris, use the stereo cord for the
hi-hat! There, I feel better. I did exactly the same thing and spend a very
frustrating half hour trying everything until I saw the instruction buried
in the manual.

Thanks for reminding me about V1 and V2. I went back and fixed up my snare
by changing V2 to a sharper sound.

I was having the same problem on my crash that you were having on the ride
and the little screw did the trick.

I'm afraid that I haven't tried to set up any sequencer patterns so I don't
have any advise for you on that one. I'll give it a try and see if it works,
though. Hope you have solved it by now.

8 kits?! You've got more time than I do, for sure. I'm up to a whopping 3.
Added a latin percussion kit (nothing like a hi-hat triggered vibra-slap) to
play along with the new Santana (Supernatural). Really nice cd to play to.
Keeps you on your toes. Guests like Dave Matthews, Clapton, Everlast, Wyclef
Jean, Eagle Eye Cherry, etc. Great to see the old guy get his props. Anyway,
I digress.

No tips that I can think of right now. Still haven't figured out the
headphone problem but I will. Are you sending your kit through a P.A.?
Chris, what do you plan to do? I think you'll need some amplification. I
can't tell you how happy I am with my Fender KXR 100. It's a keyboard amp so
it's got all the range and punch.

Chris, I can't think of a way to send settings to a file in the computer,
but I'm thinking that Giles would be your man on this one. There is a
midi-out so it may be possible.

Anyway, I'm going to get on that sequencer now and see if I can get it to
work. I'll report back.

Later,
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Giles Hearn <giles_hearn@...>
To: Richard C. MacDonald <vcrmac@...>
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: DTXpress


>Hi Richard
>Well, I've got the kit!!!
>
>Everything is going fine now, although I had a couple
>of teething troubles. Firstly, I couldn't get the HH
>pedal to work until I figured out I had a mono plug
>wired into it. I also had a dynamics problem with the
>ride until I tweaked the little sensitivity pot
>underneath. Now it's all fine.
>First impressions : brilliant! The sounds are dope. My
>friends were so impressed when I demo'd it last night.
>
>I've already created about 8 user kits (for some of
>the band's songs). I've used loops and "bits" on most
>of the kits and tuned them up or down to fit the tempo
>of the song. I also discovered last night that you can
>assign 2 voices to each pad (you probably knew
>this...) but it's a great way to add more punch to a
>snare sound. Just get a fat snare voice on V1 and add
>a nice rim crack on V2. Superb!
>Also I got a reverse cymbal sound and crossfaded it
>with a normal cymbal - talk about noise....
>
>I'm now working on recording my own bits (as user
>songs) with the intention of triggering them as "pad
>songs". But I've got a problem. I hit the record
>button and it's clicking away - counting up the
>measures - looking fine. I stop the recording and play
>back. Result: Nothing. No sound. Nada.
>The song light is flashing away but nothing I recorded
>is played back. Any ideas?
>
>Hope you get time to reply to this. If you've got your
>own tips, I'd love to hear 'em.
>
>Cheers