Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Randall,

See, us OLD guys that covered The Rascels, the Lovin
Spoonful and that era can't keep up with the latest
specs, and these darn Kids wearing Parachute pants!!!

There is also a parm in the utlities called HH Offset
or FC offset, something like that, which adjusts where
the bottom of the pedal is.

I'm going to go take another hit of Geritol now
kids...

Walt
--- "dvaoa28 <dvaoa28@...>" <dvaoa28@...>
wrote:
> 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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