Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Steve,

The official term for that kind of vibration interference is 
crosstalk, and the module's cure for it comes under various forms of 
rejection in the trigger menu. If a particular cymbal is reacting to 
a particular tom when struck, go into the trigger menu for that 
cymbal and toggle pages until you get to the specific rejection 
page. Set that particular cymbal/input--which I assume is on either 
input 6 or input 7--to specifically reject that tom, but only as 
high a value as necessary to do the trick. Rejection reduces the 
responsiveness of the pad that's protected. If you're having more 
general trouble protecting that cymbal from crosstalk, then access 
the rejection page--rather than, or in addition to, specific 
rejection--to set a number just high enough to stop the crosstalk.

As if that weren't enough, sometimes gain and/or min.velocity 
settings can affect crosstalk as well. If your gain on that cymbal 
is very high, it will be more susceptible to external interference. 
Likewise, if its min.vel. setting is very low, it may also attract 
crosstalk more easily.  The trick is find gain, min. velociy, and 
rej. settings that will allow you to get the sensitivity that you 
want without triggering the wrong pads in the process.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "pinachee <stepar@a...>" 
<stepar@a...> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I've been having a problem with hearing a cymbol sound when I hit 
my
> toms that are attached to the same piece of pipe and the vibration
> from hitting the tom is setting off the cymbol.  Has anyone done
> anything to prevent this problem, like put tape on the pipe under 
the
> cymbol clamp.  If I can't find a solution, I might have to just 
attach
> the cymbols to cymbol stands instead of directly on the bar.  Any
> ideas or thoughts would be appreciated.  At 46, I'm not quite as 
old
> as some of you old timers, but I'm no kid either....lol.  OK, I 
guess
> we are all still kids.
> 
> Steve