Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Stewart,

I think that because the rim is touch sensitive, the cymbal's going 
to choke no matter how you set the trigger functions whenever you 
trip it. Sometimes when you're striking the bow, you can almost 
imperceptibly lay the stick on the edge for a nano second, thereby 
truncating the sound; I did that all the time, frustrating myself to 
no end. It's too bad, because with acoustics, a little laying on of 
the stick can be a nice, natual, thing, contributing to the swinging 
motion, whereas it doesn't do any good with electronics under most 
conditons. I do remember, however, with the Zenbal stereo cymbal, I 
was sometimes able to get that swinging motion by alternating ride 
(bow) with crash (rim) in a way that was reminiscent of what you can 
do with certain acoustic rides. I think that I even raved about it 
on the board once.

Ed
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> Somehow in my tinkering with layout last weekend, I seem to have 
> left my PCY65S, which I use on the right as a crash/ride, in a 
> position which makes the irritating "self-choke" more likely.
> 
> Now, I know that the real answers are "well, put it back where it 
> was" or "sort out your technique, you fool". And I could simply 
turn 
> off the choke by changing the pad type. But has anyone come across 
> any clever settings that reduce the tendency to self-choke?
> 
> Stewart