Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Walt,

Thanks to you too as well.  I'm actually printing this to give it a try 
tonight.  As for the HH pedal, the one that came with the set is 
the HH65; I've noticed that id actually does cover the entire 
sweep from wide open to closed, and there's even a mention of 
that in the user manual (flyer) that came with it.  I noticed when 
I'm just opening & closing the pedal without hitting the HH pad, 
in addition to the closed HH "clicks" I'm also getting a random 
open HH sound thrown in as a bonus ;-) I suspect this falls into 
the  Rejection settings you mentioned.

Randall

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Walt <wgardus@y...> wrote:
> Hi Randall, and Welcome.
> 
> Based on our collective experiences I do have a couple
> of initial suggestions for you, to ensure you continue
> to have a good time with your kit.
> 
> There have been 2 things that we have found with the
> way the xpress IIs are coming from the factory, so to
> avoid them I would suggest that you first reset the
> module to the factory settings.  This is due to some
> members trying to trigger xpress sounds from external
> devices.  It is done via a prompt in the Utilities
> menu, and is much less painful if you do it now,
> before you customize your settings. 
> 
> The other issue has to do with rejections between the
> HH and snare.  For some reason the factory defaults
> call for the two pads to hate each other - we have
> reported the problem to Yamaha, but we also like to
> tell new users about it.  What you need to do is look
> at the Specific Rejection  (not Rejection or Self
> Rejection, but Specific Rejection )settings in the
> Trigger menu for both your snare and your HH trigger
> settings.  The symptom you may notice is that when you
> hit the snare and HH together, or or the other may not
> produce a sound/  Normally for any of the rejection
> parameters, you want the amount of rejection to be
> zero (no rejection), unless you have cross triggering
> (one pad sounding when you hit another) or false
> triggers (one pad sounding more than once when you
> only hit it once).  Then you only want to increase the
> rejection value enough to eliminate your problem -
> increasing rejection decreases sensitivity.
> 
> Now, on to your questions.  The base HH is an
> open/closed type of pedal.  Many of us upgrade to a
> pedal that not only does open and closed, but also has
> a variable range in between.  The HH80A from Yamaha is
> one such pedal.  
> 
> Your tom sounds can be almost anything you want them
> to be.  There are many predefined kits, but you can
> also customize your own.  If you scroll through the
> voice menu, you can press the Voice button on the
> front panel to hear nay sound you have displayed. 
> Beyond selecting the sound, you can also alter its
> pitch, decay, reverb - plus a whole bunch more.  I
> suspect you will find many toms to your liking.  The
> same applies to the other pads as well.
> 
> That is a lot to swallow for now, but feel free to ask
> more questions.  We're open 7 x 24!  You can also
> search the posts if you have a specific nugget of info
> you're looking for.
> 
> Walt 
> --- "dvaoa28 <dvaoa28@y...>" <dvaoa28@y...>
> wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> > 
> > I just got my new DTXpress I set from Midwest
> > percussion.  
> > Initial reactions include,
> > -I'm very impressed how authentic the
> > snare-kick-cymbals & 
> > hi-hat sound right out of the box.
> > -The hi-hat controller seems kinda finnicky; is
> > there supposed to 
> > be a learning curve to using one compared to an
> > acoustic hi-hat 
> > pedal?
> > -The toms, esp. in comparison to the other pads,
> > sound 
> > alarmingly synthetic (or as I call it,
> > Flock-of-Seagull-ish).  I'm 
> > hoping that I can tailor the sound closer to that of
> > acoustic toms 
> > with the module.....please tell me I can?!??!  My
> > playing falls 
> > along the lines of rock/hard blues.
> > -I'm VERY impressed with triggering accuracy on the
> > rubber 
> > pads.  I tried a Roland woven mesh kit at my local
> > Guitar Center, 
> > and both the feel & triggering were horrible (for my
> > taste, 
> > anyhow).  I assume the triggering on those could be
> > adjusted 
> > through the module, but the feel will remain the
> > same.  I guess 
> > it's a personal taste issue, but I fail to see the
> > appeal of the 
> > woven heads.
> > 
> > Anyway, hope to tap you all for some help while
> > going through 
> > the growing pains of learning the ins & outs of the
> > system.
> > 
> > Peace,
> > 
> > Randall
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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