Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I'm using my DTII as triggers for my sample cd's and my roland 5080
but sometimes when I hit the kick drum, it wont sound on maybe one out
of 10 hits unless I hit it extra hard. Any ideas on if it might be a
velocity problem or not?
Thanks!
dblock

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "dblock94533" <legend61@i...> wrote:
> 
> I'm using my DTII as triggers for my sample cd's and my roland 5080
> but sometimes when I hit the kick drum, it wont sound on maybe one 
out
> of 10 hits unless I hit it extra hard. Any ideas on if it might be a
> velocity problem or not?
> Thanks!

Hi dblock,

It could be a velocity problem or a physical one. We don't know any 
of your settings or how hard you tend to hit. If you have to use a 
lot of brute force to get anything out of the trigger, you might 
check your gain and minimum velocity settings; a low value for the 
former and a high one for the latter could impede triggering. A high 
self-rejection setting could also be responsible, and if your kick 
has a sensitivity knob, too high or too low a setting could be 
interfering with response. Also, get into the trigger mode on the 
display for the kick and check the numerical reading for your hits. 
If they're too low for your settings, no matter how you program, the 
trouble may be inside the pad. Open it up and make sure that the foam 
hasn't worn away enough to reduce contact or a wire isn't loose. 
Sometimes resoldering can help, even if no crack is visible to the 
naked eye. 

Ed

Hi,

Ed knows FAR more than I, but I had a similar problem...Like you, 
some of my kick hit's did not sound only about a year+ after I got 
my kit.
It turned out that after a LOT of fooling around with settings, I 
simply had a bad solder-joint on the little circuit board within the 
kick tower. Like Ed said, it's hard to see a bad solder joint 
sometimes. I resoldered the connection and it's been fine ever since 
for about 2 or 3 years now. The solder at the factory was on the 
light side for a unit that takes such a beating. I made sure I 
had  'plenty' of solder so it would not likely happen again...Use 
common sence though. 
I've read other's here having a solder-joint issue for their kick 
towers.
But by all means, try your settings first:) easier yet, maybe if you 
have a 2nd kick tower around try using that!

Steve


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "dblock94533" <legend61@i...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > I'm using my DTII as triggers for my sample cd's and my roland 
5080
> > but sometimes when I hit the kick drum, it wont sound on maybe 
one 
> out
> > of 10 hits unless I hit it extra hard. Any ideas on if it might 
be a
> > velocity problem or not?
> > Thanks!
> 
> Hi dblock,
> 
> It could be a velocity problem or a physical one. We don't know 
any 
> of your settings or how hard you tend to hit. If you have to use a 
> lot of brute force to get anything out of the trigger, you might 
> check your gain and minimum velocity settings; a low value for the 
> former and a high one for the latter could impede triggering. A 
high 
> self-rejection setting could also be responsible, and if your kick 
> has a sensitivity knob, too high or too low a setting could be 
> interfering with response. Also, get into the trigger mode on the 
> display for the kick and check the numerical reading for your 
hits. 
> If they're too low for your settings, no matter how you program, 
the 
> trouble may be inside the pad. Open it up and make sure that the 
foam 

> hasn't worn away enough to reduce contact or a wire isn't loose. 
> Sometimes resoldering can help, even if no crack is visible to the 
> naked eye. 
> 
> Ed