Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I keep the "chokeable" cymbal pad on my left as a crash, and I use the
single-sound pad as my ride, so I don't get this problem. I find I need
the crash choke more often than trying to choke a ride. In fact, on my
acoustic set, I don't think I ever did choke a ride.. Maybe just a
playing style thing. I can see using the chokable pad if you want to get
two distinct sounds from the pad (rim ride and bell ride for example) but
I have heard of people using the "natural" increased velocity of the pad
closer to the bell to cause a velocity cross fade for ride cymbal bell at
higher velocity to get a "fake" dual zone ride. :)

Vern

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Nicholas Carroll said:
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> Does anyone hate the choke facility on the ride cymbal pad rim as much
> as I do? I hate the fact that if I play the rim edge fast, every second
> beat tends to choke the sound.  I am thinking of buying an extra cymbal
> pad and splitting the rim sound off to that pad.  Has anyone tried
> doing that?
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> Recently I've programmed the ride rim as a second crash cymbal. It has
> worked well except for that inadvertent choking problem.
>
> Re my problem with starting a main song by hitting a pad, I have now
> worked out how to do it, thanks to helpful tips from
> "underneathheaven". Thanks, buddy - much appreciated!
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