Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks, Ed...I have been messin' with the settings, and will try 
your suggestions.  Any word on the Visulite HH?...Jade

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus 
<liberatusvirus@y...>" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 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