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Re: Bass drum sensitivity?

2003-10-20 by liberatusvirus

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "adamh52683" <adamh526@h...> wrote:
> During normal play, my bass drum will play back very loud pretty 
> much one out of every five hits.  I'm hitting the pad with the same 
> amount of force each time but it still plays back at what seem like 
> random volumes.  Is there anybody here that has experienced 
anything 
> similar?

Which model do you have, KP60 or 65? It could be a loose connection 
on the board or bad soldering. If the pad's new, let Yamaha handle 
it. If not, opening and troubleshooting it may be your only option. 
The KP60 was notorious for this problem.

Ed

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