Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

1. Without your foot on the hihat pedal, loosen the clutch wingnut and
let the clutch drop down on the center rod until it "bottoms out" under
it's own weight. Lift the clutch from this position about 1/16" up and
then tighten the wingnut. Since the clutch is not touch the rubber
rocker inside, without your foot on the pedal you should be getting the
full open position sound. Now press all the way down and you should be
getting the fully closed sound. There are four ridges on the underside
of the rubber rocker that "rolls" down onto the ribbon switch that is in
the bottom of the RHH130. The clutch is what presses down on this rubber
rocker. When the rubber rocker is not touching the ribbon switch, then
you will get the fully open sound, when the last (fourth ridge) presses
down on the ribbon switch, then you will get the fully closed sound. If
something is obstructing the fourth rubber ridge from pressing down on
the ribbon, you will not be able to get the fully closed position. You
may want to open the RHH130 and see if anything is obstructing the
rubber rocker. I have take photos of the inside of it and they are in
the photo gallery here to give you give you an idea of what to expect.
 
2. The PCY80S were really bad, the PCY65S were better and the PCY130s
even better when it comes to "self-choking". If you strike the cymbal
pad and press down and through the rim switch, the cymbal thinks you are
trying to "choke" it and the sound will immediately shut-off. Glancing
strikes usually eliminate this problem. 
 
3. This could be a loose connection. When you have the module on and the
volume set up and you strike the pad and get a comfortable sound level,
try unplugging the stereo cable from the TP65S pad. You should hear a
loud snare sound as the cable shorts across the female TRS jack in the
pad. If this if the "loud" sound level you are experiencing, you may
have a loose connection or the plug may not be pushed all the way in. 
 
OGD

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From: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DTXpress@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of architiger1
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 4:06 PM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Spam:[DTXpress] still three unresolved issues:


ive owned my dtxIII special for about 3 months now and im very happy 
with it. however i still have three issues that i cant seem to resolve:

1. to get the full closed sound on the hh, i must press really hard on 
the pedal (i wish the weight of my foot would be enough...)
(ive played around with the clutch and trigger settings with no luck)

2. my crash (the two-zone chokeable one)will sometimes not register a 
hit. i can hit it very soft to extremely hard and most of the time it 
produces a sound...but every once in a while it will fail...(is there 
a "dead" zone between the rim zone and the larger zone?)

3. even rarer than the crash "miss" is an unusually loud snare hit. i 
play about an hour a day and maby once a week my snare will produce a 
very loud sound (louder than i can possibly produce on purpose)

any help is greatly appreciated.
thanks,




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--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Damon, Rob" <rdamon@m...> wrote:
> 1. Without your foot on the hihat pedal, loosen the clutch wingnut 
and
> let the clutch drop down on the center rod until it "bottoms out" 
under
> it's own weight. Lift the clutch from this position about 1/16" up 
and
> then tighten the wingnut. Since the clutch is not touch the rubber
> rocker inside, without your foot on the pedal you should be 
getting the
> full open position sound. Now press all the way down and you 
should be
> getting the fully closed sound. There are four ridges on the 
underside
> of the rubber rocker that "rolls" down onto the ribbon switch that 
is in
> the bottom of the RHH130. The clutch is what presses down on this 
rubber
> rocker. When the rubber rocker is not touching the ribbon switch, 
then
> you will get the fully open sound, when the last (fourth ridge) 
presses
> down on the ribbon switch, then you will get the fully closed 
sound. If
> something is obstructing the fourth rubber ridge from pressing 
down on
> the ribbon, you will not be able to get the fully closed position. 
You
> may want to open the RHH130 and see if anything is obstructing the
> rubber rocker. I have take photos of the inside of it and they are 
in
> the photo gallery here to give you give you an idea of what to 
expect.
>  
> 2. The PCY80S were really bad, the PCY65S were better and the 
PCY130s
> even better when it comes to "self-choking". If you strike the 
cymbal
> pad and press down and through the rim switch, the cymbal thinks 
you are
> trying to "choke" it and the sound will immediately shut-off. 
Glancing
> strikes usually eliminate this problem. 
>  
> 3. This could be a loose connection. When you have the module on 
and the
> volume set up and you strike the pad and get a comfortable sound 
level,
> try unplugging the stereo cable from the TP65S pad. You should 
hear a
> loud snare sound as the cable shorts across the female TRS jack in 
the
> pad. If this if the "loud" sound level you are experiencing, you 
may
> have a loose connection or the plug may not be pushed all the way 
in. 
>  
> OGD
> 

thanks, i'll try those suggestions. (i never thought of the cymbal 
thinking a strike was a choke...good call!)

> even rarer than the crash "miss" is an unusually loud snare hit. i 
> play about an hour a day and maby once a week my snare will produce a 
> very loud sound (louder than i can possibly produce on purpose)
> 

This can be caused by catching the rim as you hit the centre.  If you
simultaneously hit the rim and centre you can get an unusually loud
snare sound.  I seemed to do it quite a bit then adjusted the snare
angle slightly and it stopped.

Keith.