Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

By the way, I can't say that I've gone through the entire Yamaha 
litany of snare voices, but I've heard it said that some of them are 
considerably louder than others. I have noticed that many of the 
ones that I happen to like don't pack a lot of punch.

--- 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.