Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi everyone, this is my first post and as I'm new to the forum 
apologies if this has been posted before.

Recently bought a DTXpress III special and I'm pretty impressed apart 
from one thing - the drum parts on the built in songs are far too
loud 
compared to the sounds I generate when hitting the pads.

I can't work out how to adjust the volume of the drum part of the
song 
independently. The manual isn't much help as it only explains how to 
mute the drum part but that is not what I want to do - I only want to 
reduce the volume.

If I adjust the main volume to make the drum parts of the built in 
songs at an acceptable level then I can't hear what I am playing.

Anyone else having this problem. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

By the way - great forum, loads of good info here.

As a new owner too, I'll lend my 2 cents worth...
You can adjust the overall song volume by using the ACCOMP VOL knob.  
I set the volume of my drums to what I want using POWER/VOL knob, 
then turn down the volume of the song using the ACCOMP VOL knob. If 
you only want to decrease the volume of the song's drum part, I'm not 
sure how to do that or if it's possible without turning down the 
whole song.  Maybe some more experienced users can enlighten us.

Gregg

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "super_rd2000" <super_rd2000@y...> 
wrote:
> Hi everyone, this is my first post and as I'm new to the forum 
> apologies if this has been posted before.
> 
> Recently bought a DTXpress III special and I'm pretty impressed 
apart 
> from one thing - the drum parts on the built in songs are far too
> loud 
> compared to the sounds I generate when hitting the pads.
> 
> I can't work out how to adjust the volume of the drum part of the
> song 
> independently. The manual isn't much help as it only explains how 
to 
> mute the drum part but that is not what I want to do - I only want 
to 

> reduce the volume.
> 
> If I adjust the main volume to make the drum parts of the built in 
> songs at an acceptable level then I can't hear what I am playing.
> 
> Anyone else having this problem. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> By the way - great forum, loads of good info here.

Thanks for the response Gregg.

I've tried adjusting the volume with the Accomp Vol knob however 
this only seems to affect the musical accompaniment part of the song 
and not the drum part. The drum part can only be adjusted using the 
power/vol knob. If I adjust this so that the drum part of the song 
is at an acceptable level then the volume from the pads is too low. 

It's almost as if there is a missing volume control somewhere. 
Frustrating to say the least!

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "pt_cyclist" <pt_cyclist@y...> 
wrote:
> As a new owner too, I'll lend my 2 cents worth...
> You can adjust the overall song volume by using the ACCOMP VOL 
knob.  
> I set the volume of my drums to what I want using POWER/VOL knob, 
> then turn down the volume of the song using the ACCOMP VOL knob. 
If 
> you only want to decrease the volume of the song's drum part, I'm 
not 
> sure how to do that or if it's possible without turning down the 
> whole song.  Maybe some more experienced users can enlighten us.
> 
> Gregg
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "super_rd2000" 
<super_rd2000@y...> 
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone, this is my first post and as I'm new to the forum 
> > apologies if this has been posted before.
> > 
> > Recently bought a DTXpress III special and I'm pretty impressed 
> apart 
> > from one thing - the drum parts on the built in songs are far too
> > loud 
> > compared to the sounds I generate when hitting the pads.
> > 
> > I can't work out how to adjust the volume of the drum part of the
> > song 
> > independently. The manual isn't much help as it only explains 
how 
> to 
> > mute the drum part but that is not what I want to do - I only 
want 
> to 
> > reduce the volume.
> > 
> > If I adjust the main volume to make the drum parts of the built 
in 

> > songs at an acceptable level then I can't hear what I am playing.
> > 
> > Anyone else having this problem. Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> > 
> > By the way - great forum, loads of good info here.