Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Stephen,

Congrats. You  must have emerged from the 10 to 3 gig "glazed and 
confused." Anyway, on the matter at hand, is the bar pad the reason 
why you can't split the snare between 2 and 9 or 10 all the time? 
You're right, there's no attenuation switch on the back of the 
module for 9/10; you'll have to go through 2 for it. Did you say 
that you had the snare on a separate stand with the gain set in the 
90s? Do you have the pad type for every input that the snare enters 
programmed for DT snare, or whatever type gives you the most volume? 
One of the misc settings might be worth a try, especially one meant 
for low sensitivity snares; it might boost the level. Have you tried 
different settings from the Trigger Setup List? I use DT10/20 with 
the mesh heads. I've never tried Dynamic.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "brown8700 <brown8700@a...>" 
<brown8700@a...> wrote:
> I had my first gig with my new Pintech concertcast pads this 
weekend. 
> It took a while to get used to the feeling of the mesh heads 
versus 
> the rubber pads. I think I actually like the solid feel of the 
pads 
> better while playing, but my elbows sure appreciated the 'give' of 
> the mesh heads on Sunday afternoon.
> I played Friday and Saturday nights (10 p.m. - 3 a.m.)and didn't 
have 
> nearly the arm fatigue I would have had I played the pads.
> I took the first couple of sets on Friday for me to get things set 
> right in a live situation. 
> The toms were great, but the snare just wasn't as 'hot' as I would 
> have liked and the volume was very low. I had to run the snare at 
127 
> with dual voices, while the toms and bass were running in the 70-
80 
> neighborhood. And, yes, I was in 'Live mode' and had the snare 
maxed 
> out. When running the snare through the number 2 trigger, I could 
> adjust the attenuation to get the attack I was looking for. 
However, 
> doing this wouldn't allow me to take advantage of the dual zones. 
> When running the snare through the 9/10 output, I can get the dual 
> zones, but there isn't an attenuation switch for that trigger (is 
> there? there only seems to be attenuation switches for triggers 1 
> through 6).
> I'll take any and all advice on getting the snare to perform as 
well 
> as the toms and bass would be appreciated.