Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hello-

I've added a Pintech mesh head pad to my DTXpress kit and I'm having 
problems with missed triggering.  Occasionally when I strike the 
mesh head, it doesn't sound.  I'm sure there's some settings I need 
to change in the module to get the greatest response from this mesh 
head.  Can anyone tell me how to adjust the settings for this mesh 
pad without changing the setting for the rest of the kit?

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Timothy & Jessamyn" <80134@b...> 
wrote:
> Hello-
> 
> I've added a Pintech mesh head pad to my DTXpress kit and I'm 
having 
> problems with missed triggering.  Occasionally when I strike the 
> mesh head, it doesn't sound.  I'm sure there's some settings I need 
> to change in the module to get the greatest response from this mesh 
> head.  Can anyone tell me how to adjust the settings for this mesh 
> pad without changing the setting for the rest of the kit?

Hi Tim,

When a Pintech mesh integrates properly with a DTXPU, the triggering 
tends to be extremely hot. So your dropouts are probably curable. In 
the trigger menu for input 2 (I assume), under "Pad Type," select 
DT10/20. In other words, set up your snare as if it were a triggered 
acoustic. (Depending on which DTXpress iteration you have, you could 
also try an RHP setting, which refers to the mylar heads that 
accompanied the first DTXtreme and were often swapped for meshes in 
the real world.) Then go to the back of the module and flip the DIP 
switch that corresponds with input 2 to the raised position (you may 
need a pin or something with a tapered point). At that point, the 
Pintech should start firing with a vengeance when you hit it. The 
triggering options for taming it (gain, min. velocity, etc.) will 
have only limited effect. If your playing requires a wide dynamic 
range, you may feel a bit shortchanged, since the module tends to 
flatten response on the heavy side. Some people add a pot to the 
cable from the snare to module to adjust sensitivity downward enough 
to ensure that light hits are soft and only hard ones loud. Other 
people are satisfied without it. Unfortunately, my friend Brian is no 
longer at Pintech. He had a plan--among many others that will 
probably never see the light of day--to add a sensitivity control to 
the Pintech meshes themselves, to refine their use with Yamaha 
modules. Anyway, I've used Pintech meshes, as have many other 
members, with a Yamaha module very happily.

Ed

Great information!  Thanks!

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Timothy & Jessamyn" <80134@b...> 
> wrote:
> > Hello-
> > 
> > I've added a Pintech mesh head pad to my DTXpress kit and I'm 
> having 
> > problems with missed triggering.  Occasionally when I strike the 
> > mesh head, it doesn't sound.  I'm sure there's some settings I 
need 
> > to change in the module to get the greatest response from this 
mesh 
> > head.  Can anyone tell me how to adjust the settings for this 
mesh 
> > pad without changing the setting for the rest of the kit?
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> When a Pintech mesh integrates properly with a DTXPU, the 
triggering 
> tends to be extremely hot. So your dropouts are probably curable. 
In 
> the trigger menu for input 2 (I assume), under "Pad Type," select 
> DT10/20. In other words, set up your snare as if it were a 
triggered 
> acoustic. (Depending on which DTXpress iteration you have, you 
could 
> also try an RHP setting, which refers to the mylar heads that 
> accompanied the first DTXtreme and were often swapped for meshes 
in 
> the real world.) Then go to the back of the module and flip the 
DIP 
> switch that corresponds with input 2 to the raised position (you 
may 
> need a pin or something with a tapered point). At that point, the 
> Pintech should start firing with a vengeance when you hit it. The 
> triggering options for taming it (gain, min. velocity, etc.) will 
> have only limited effect. If your playing requires a wide dynamic 
> range, you may feel a bit shortchanged, since the module tends to 
> flatten response on the heavy side. Some people add a pot to the 
> cable from the snare to module to adjust sensitivity downward 
enough 
> to ensure that light hits are soft and only hard ones loud. Other 
> people are satisfied without it. Unfortunately, my friend Brian is 
no 
> longer at Pintech. He had a plan--among many others that will 
> probably never see the light of day--to add a sensitivity control 
to 

> the Pintech meshes themselves, to refine their use with Yamaha 
> modules. Anyway, I've used Pintech meshes, as have many other 
> members, with a Yamaha module very happily.
> 
> Ed