Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "yoavf21" <yoavf21@y...> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> after three weeks where I almost didn't played (work, work, and 
more 
> work) I'm starting to loose it. My new concertcast snare won't 
> behave.
> 
> I can't get it to sound the way It should (trigger settings).
> 
> It's either too loud or not at loud at all. I tried everything I 
> could find in the archives.
> 
> With the setting Stephen sent (below) the response is quite ok, but 
> even the slightest stroke sound like an accented note. How can I 
> play my rudiments like that (and god knows I need to!!).
> 
> I find myself every time removing the concertcast and playing back 
> on the tp65s rubber pad. That's not what I spent my (hard earned) 
> money for.
> 
> Help. 

Yoav,

You can bring the gain down, but frankly I don't think that it will 
do much good. I think your playing style, as well as the facts of the 
matter, dictates that you splice a pot between the snare and its 
input. If you don't want to rip apart wire to do it yourself, you can 
buy a Guyatone cable with a volume control already inserted. The 
other handy option is an acoustic pickup for guitar with its own 
rotary knob, as Brian LaRue suggested. The upshot is that you should 
be able to adjust the signal so that only the hardest hits register 
maximum effect.

Ed