Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Gokhan
Just a shot in the dark. Have you recently had your pads off the rack, 
and then replaced them. I don't know if the 65s is visibly different 
from the rest. Perhaps you got the wrong one there? stranger things 
have happened (to me).
Scott


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "SK" <tendencies@s...> wrote:
> Hi Ed,
> 
> I tried factory reset and change the cable as you said but same 
result
> occured
> unfortunately. The pad acts like a single zone one again. There is 
no rim
> sound at all.
> 
> I think, I'd better give a call to dealer...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gokhan
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@y...>
> To: <DTXpress@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:54 AM
> Subject: [DTXpress] Re: rim shot and cross stick
> 
> 
> --- 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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