Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> Ok, so the way I interpret this is that the DTXPress module can 
discern
> up to 127 discrete steps of open to close position on the hi hat 
pedal,
> yet the pedal the unit comes with produces only 5 steps (i.e.
> 0/25/50/75/100/125) and they use a capacitor to "glisaando" or
> "portamento" between the 5 steps?
> 
> So, we can get a roughly 20 time3s improvement in hi-hat pedal 
response
> by replacing the HH65 with an HH80? Am I interpreting this right? 
If so,
> it sounds like an HH80 would be a good investment in kit 
improvement!

Vern,

The physical range within which these steps occur could be very 
small, so small as to make many of the incremental changes impossible 
to distinguish. Add the use of decay, crossfading, et al to the mix, 
and the resolution becomes even more murky. Questions, questions, 
questions.

Ed