Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jtatsuoka" <jtatsuoka@y...> wrote:
> Unfortunately you will have to decrease the output of the Roland 
pads to match the sensitivity of the DTXpress.
> You will get a 99% triggering on a low to medium strike of the v-
pads.  No tweaking will cure it.  All yamaha pads have a 
potentiometer 
> inside the pad to accommadate the lack of input sensitivity on the 
modules.  Once you do decrease the output with a 250k pot, you will 
> enjoy a very responsive combination.  

Hi Jun,

You've made this valuable point before, and I'm not doubting it. But 
I'd like to establish it further if possible. My limited experience 
with running Roland equipment through the Yamaha module seems to run 
counter to your warning, and at least one person on this board has 
mentioned an attenuated signal on the Roland mesh snare rim, without 
any reverse situation on the body proper. Though I haven't mixed the 
snare with the Xpress, the Roland CY-6 cymbal did not seem to 
distinguish itself from Yammy pads by excessive gain--quite the 
opposite. I let it go because I didn't find it responsive enough. 
Moreover, Pintech products, which traditionally have been 
manufactured with Roland modules in mind, do not exhibit that 
problem; nor do the Harts--again quite the opposite in both cases. 
Are there owners of Yamaha/Roland tandems who could comment on their 
experience? OGD, and others, have you run across the potentiometer, 
or its effects, in your dissection of the Xpress pads? We could build 
some definitive recommendations and electronic profiles by following 
up on Jun's statement.

Ed