Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- "liberatusvirus" wrote:
> 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...

Further to this: I've been experimenting with striking technique. I 
have narrowed the issue (for me, other folks' mileage may vary) to 
one particular type of strike, namely a "straight down" chop onto the 
cymbal edge from above. This self-chokes about 30% of the time, as it 
maximises the possibility of what Ed describes above. With a 
more "roundhouse" or a cross-cut swipe, I almost never get self-choke 
from the 65S. A little re-training of the muscle memory, and a bit of 
care, and this should be mostly sorted.

However, I still think a "latency" setting -- whereby you can set the 
minimum time after a normal trigger that the choke would be enabled --
 would do the trick electronically. After all, why would you want the 
choke enabled justa few milliseconds after the main sound? You could 
dial it down to, say 100ms, and probably solve the issue for ever.

Stewart


Stwart