Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Nick:
As Ed said, I recently upgraded to the Pintech Zenbals. They're 
fabulous, but it took me a while to find that out. When I first got 
them, I couldn't get them to react properly, so I ordered some Rolan 
CY-6 with the intent of returning the Zenbals. I hated the CY-6 and 
sold them to a friend. I picked up (on a rial basis) some Hart 
cymbals. I liked them but missed the dual zone and especially (get 
this) the choke feature. So I went back to the PCYs. On a lark I 
thought I would try the Zenbals again, now having more knowledge than 
when I first got them. I set them up, fiddled with 'pad type', 'gain' 
and 'mvel' and lo and behold, I love 'em.

Now, as far a disabling the choke feature goes, you can certainly do 
that by changing the pad type to misc2 or DT snare. If I were you, 
I'd keep the choke feature and just try to play around the problem by 
learning to hit the cymbal from a different angle. I had to do this 
with the Zenbals as the rim is quite high.

Stephen