Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

FC, or frequency cutoff, is a measure of how bright you want the 
sound to be; the higher the brighter. The Note # is the midi note 
number assigned to a particular input (forget about it until you 
start trying to send midi notes to an external device--like the 
midiKITI). The "Copy to" function allows you to transfer the 
settings from one input to another. It's irrelevant for now.

The drop-outs on the hi hat are probably due to your trigger 
settings being too high--most likely input 8's (hit hat) specific 
rejection of input 2 (snare). If the snare is dropping out, just 
reverse the direction. The gain for the snare or hh might also come 
into play; don't go too high for now. (I'm guessing that your min. 
vel. isn't at fault because you don't seem to indicate that the 
difficulties come with light hits.) Stay with the pad gain default 
until you lick the drop-out problem. Check the January posts about 
snare/hh interaction, which go into more detail about the rejection 
parameters.

As for the shoop, you can get it. First, you shouldn't expect 
hitting the rim of a rubber pad to deliver the same result as 
hitting the rim of an acoustic hi hat cymbal. Whatever you do on the 
gum rubber HH pad, do it toward the center. Next, you have to 
experiment with HH sensitivity in the Voice menu and HH offset in 
the Utility menu to get the HH controller to behave to your liking. 
There's also a small knob at the head of your controller pedal that 
can be adjusted with a drum key for further refinement. If I 
remember correctly (and I may not), my HH Offs was at 0 and my 
sensitivity at 20.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
<jadiebooshkie@y...>" <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> Can anyone help me out??
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
> <jadiebooshkie@y...>" <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > I am having LOTS of trouble getting my HH to deliver 
that "shoop" 
> > sound and the closed HH sound.  If I do a multiple lick fast 
> between 
> > the snare and HH,The HH delivers only a few of the notes, and 
the 
> > rest are muted, if I whack at the rim of the HH to get 
the "shoop" 
> > sound (partially open then closed HH sound), I get a dead 
pad...is 
> > my HH pad dying?  Anyway, here are the settings I have for my HH 
> (It 
> > is 2 layered)...perhaps someone could help me with the 
> settings...I 
> > want HH response EVERYTIME I hit the pad-whether partially 
opened 
> or
> > closed...ANY HELP will be immensely appreciated.  Here are 
> > settings:                   V2 settings:
> > KIT IN=FootClV=1.....       FootClV=2
> > H-009-HvyClse*.......       H/020  LiteClose
> > Vol-126 Pan-C........       Vol-110Pan-C
> > Tune-0  F-0..........       TuneC=0   F=0   Layer Bal=0
> > LayerBal=---.........       Decay+11  Fc=+3  Fade=0  Rev Send=25
> > Decay=+13  Fc=0...(what does Fc do?)
> > Note#44(G#1)...what's this mean and do?
> > Ch=10  GateT=0.35....what's this?
> > Fade=0  Rev send=25  AltG=1  Key=semi(same for V2) **hold mode, 
> key 
> > off function are off,disable and normal, respectively for V1 and 
> V2 
> > 
> > What does "Copy To" mean and do?...Thanks for letting me vent my 
> > frustration....Jade