Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

OGD,

Thanks this helped alot. 

I've now discovered that snrR1 does not fire at all and snrR2 only 
works very close to the mount. It looks like I need a new TP65s. 

Thanks again your tips where just what I needed.

D-man 

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "oldguydrummer" <rdamon@m...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Just ask.." <djames_wa@y...> 
wrote:
> > Greetings everyone,
> > 
> > I have a new-used Dtexpress II with my snare only firing the 
snare 
> > sound. The rims are not firing separate sounds. 
> > 
> > The first thing I did when I got the kit home was too reset the 
> > factory presets, still no sounds out of all three zones from my 
> > TP65s. Ohhh and it's plugged into input #2 with a stereo cord.
> > 
> > Am I missing something? Is there a setting I can go too to fix 
this 
> > or is this trigger toast?? 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > D~man.
> 
> D~man,
> 
> Here are a few things you can try (note that the page numbers 
> referred to below are the page numbers of the manual that comes 
with 
> the kit and not the downloadable PDF manuals from Yamaha's 
website):
> 
> Try using a different stereo cord first. (Also, make sure you are 
> using the TP65S and not the TP65. The TP65S has grooves around the 
> top edge, the TP65 does not.)
> 
> Next up is check to see if the trigger setup for input no. 2 is 
set 
> to a pad type "TP65-1" and not "TP65-2".(Page 36 of manual)
> 
> Next go into voice edit mode for that pad and verify that a voice 
is 
> assigned to the "snare" , to "snrR1" and to "snrR2". Make sure the 
> volume is setup on all three voices. (Page 40 of the manual)
> 
> If it still doesn't work, connect the pad to trigger inputs 6 or 
7. 
> You will need to temporarily change the trigger type and the voice 
> assignments, so copy the existing settings down before you change 
> them.
> 
> If it still doesn't work, then if maybe a bad pad.
> 
> Good Luck. Let us know what happens.
> 
> OGD