Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi All,

Sorry for the silence but I had a modem card die on my
laptop, just as I hit the road for a week, so I could
not get to email.

Anyway I did receive the Yamaha compatible Visu-lite
HH pad yesterday (it got home about the same time I
did), so I hooked it all up and tried to figure out
how to get the HH stand into a good place in my setup.
 

Mounting the module to the HH stand did not take long,
although I was glad that I had a stand where I could
rotate the legs easily, as this allowed me to avoid
any stand hardware getting between the module and the
pedal.  If anyone is considering moving to the
Visu-Lite HHs, I would suggest talking with Ed or I
about attributes of the stand that work best with
them, such as rotating legs, before you go stand
shopping.  Ed has posted pictures of his stand in the
files section, and I will try to get a few shots of
mine out there too. 

 The initial settings came petty easily but I was
having a little dropout, especially on lite rolls, so
I ended up increasing the gain and moving the
attenuation switch to the high position, after which
the response seemed better, and I was able to get lite
rolls to track properly.  Harder hits were never a
problem.  I did feel that there was more 'width'
between the full open and full closed positions than
what I got on the HH80, so that is a very good thing.

I also like the feel of the HH pads - Tom uses a type
of rubber that is dense and not too thick, so there is
not a lot of dampening of the stick's force as it hits
the pad, which I liked.  

I was only able to spend an hour or so with it last
night, so I will let you know how I feel after driving
it around more this weekend.  Certainly if anyone has
specific questions just let me know.

Walt
  

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