Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

All,

Okay I've just got back into drumming from an acoustic kit some 5
years ago to a DTXpress II a few months ago, I love it and I've tried
everything but, and this is going to sound stupid because I'm
completely self taught and don't know the technical words or anything,
but...

When I was on the hi-hat on my acoustic kit I had no problem producing
the shhhh sound (called???) when you hit the hi-hat and then a
fraction of a second later raise you hi-hat pedal foot to produce that
shhhh sound...  As I said I had no problem with it on my acoustic kit,
but with the DTXpress 2 I'm hitting it only once out of every 4 or so
goes, if that, any ideas?

There, told you it was a stupid question, here comes another one...

Does it matter where I hit the hi-hat pad, I'm hitting the flat
surface at the moment, should I be hitting the side?  I know the snare
matters and love the 3 zones.

I have the correct cable setup according to the diagrams.

Thanks if anybody can help...
Richard

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Richard Mills <richlondoner@g...> 
wrote:

> When I was on the hi-hat on my acoustic kit I had no problem 
producing
> the shhhh sound (called???) when you hit the hi-hat and then a
> fraction of a second later raise you hi-hat pedal foot to produce 
that
> shhhh sound...  As I said I had no problem with it on my acoustic 
kit,
> but with the DTXpress 2 I'm hitting it only once out of every 4 or 
so
> goes, if that, any ideas?

> Does it matter where I hit the hi-hat pad, I'm hitting the flat
> surface at the moment, should I be hitting the side?  I know the 
snare
> matters and love the 3 zones.

Richard,

Here's the fast answer because I'm in a hurry. You are right to hit 
the pad on the surface, not the edge--a big difference from an 
acoustic hi hat. The hi hat has three adjustments on the module that 
affect how the shhhh sounds--offset, sensitivity, and delay (see 
voice edit mode for input 8). Look in the manual's index to find 
these parameters, under "hi hat" for the first two. Fiddle around 
until you get the response you want. 

Ed