Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jodela49" <jrl49@a...> wrote:
> Greetings: This one is for OGD.  I followed your instructions 
> regarding adding two new pads through 9/10.  I am using a YPP-117, 
as 
> you suggested.  I am using mono cable to the two pads. I am trying 
to 
> split a tom, and a cymbal. After trying to set up the trigger and 
> voice modes, they wont split. I am saving each setting to #49 kit.  
> When struck, they both come through as a tom and cymbal 
combination.  
> Also, the cymbal when struck, comes through much louder then the 
tom 
> pad. Next ?.  I purchased a dual zone cymbal.  I assume all I have 
to 
> do is plug into my ride slot in the module, using a stereo cable?  

Hi Jerry,

I happened to be in the neighborhood, and I don't think that OGD will 
shoot me for replying. If you've followed his instructions from 
DTXpressions and if your components or cables aren't faulty, you 
should be in the ballpark. The simplest reason for hearing both pads 
when you strike one is crosstalk--that is, vibrations from either the 
tom or cymbal when struck causing the other to fire sympathetically. 
In that case, you should locate the specific-rejection setting in the 
trigger menu for each input and adjust it only as high as it takes to 
eliminate the unwanted noise (read the manual for details). If 
hitting the tom doesn't seem to get the same response as hitting the 
cymbal, you may have to adjust gain. But setting up the pad type 
correctly should give them an approximate balance, especially if 
they're Yamaha pads. 

If you purchased a Yamaha stereo cymbal (often erroneously called 
dual-zone), the stereo cable into a stereo input is all you need. If 
you have a true dual-zone pad--comprised of two distinct pick-ups--
connecting it to a stereo input on the DTXpress will only get you one 
sound. Such pads need two distinct inputs. 

Ed