Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "apolt.rm" <tendencies@s...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am slightly experienced drummmer but not so knowledgeable on 
> electronics and the DTX v.2 which I bought recently. My main 
problem 
> is about rim shot and cross stick sounds. I can not take them off 
> from the set any longer. Every part of tp65s responses in the same 
> way like I hit in the middle of it. I have not done anything on the 
> original set up and it's been working fine since I bought it - 2 
> months- except this newly appeared problem. What do all guys think 
> about that? Could something be damaged in it? 
>  
> Regards 
> 
> Gökhan  
> 
> * I only came across to the message below and tried to apply 
> instructions and failed as there is no response on the rim. 
> *   
> 
> The snare needs a stereo cable.
> The trigger needs to be set to a TP65-1 (the TP65 is for the single 
> zone
> pads, the TP65-1 is for the three zone pad.)
> When you go into edit voice, tap the center of the pad, menu should 
> say
> "snare", when you tap one side of the rim the menu should 
say "snare-
> r1"
> (rim 1) and when you tap the other side rim, the menu should 
> say "snare r2"
> (rim 2). Once you get those to appear on the menu, just scroll down 
> and
> select the voice you like. For example:
> snare = S\001 loosy (the pad sound) ; snare r1= S\002 LoosyRim (the 
> rim
> shot); snare r2= S\109 s sstck1 (cross stick)

Hello Gorkhan,

I assume that (1) you mean DTXpressII--not DTXv2.0, which is an 
older, discontinued model; (3) that your cable is stereo; (4) that 
the pad is set in the trigger menu, as stipulated above, for the 
three-triggered snare; (4) and that you know how to view the correct 
information in your voice menu when you hit and program the rims. If 
you are getting rim information in the voice menu when you hit the 
rims, check to make sure that gain is registering in the snare's 
trigger menu when you hit them (a number from 1 to 99). If the rims 
show voices when you hit them, and they have gain, but no do not make 
noises different from the pad's center, then something may be amiss 
in the module's signal path. Try a factory reset (you'll lose all 
your user kits if you don't store them elsewhere first), and program 
the rims again. Make sure that their volume is high enough to 
register and that they aren't the same voice as the body of the pad 
(snare). If the module still won't work, call Yamaha. 

If you can't call up the rims in the voice menu by hitting them, try 
another stereo cable to make sure that the first one isn't the 
problem. If that doesn't work, you should get in touch with Yamaha. 
FSRs, which are the rim triggers, do wear out, but not after a few 
months. You should be able to get a new TP65S.

Ed