Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi all,
Please see below new response to a message I sent to Yamaha a
while ago regarding the low headphone volume on the module.
I have to say that this reminds me of some of those drummer
jokes that go around. I seriously doubt that Yamaha is 
limiting the volume on their stereos or amps, which have 
headphone jacks as well, in order to protect the ears of
music listeners that purchase those products. What makes them
think that someone buying an e-drum set is any more prone to
this moronic behavior than the general public that they sell
their other stuff to? Ridiculous answer. 

In any case, I hope he joins this list. He'll never find a 
better source of direct customer feedback than here or on
Giles' website. By the way, great start on the site Giles and 
Paul, thanks for the tip on the Steinberg USB MIDI unit. I
think I'll give it a go when I get my sequencer software. 
Don't worry Giles, I'll send you some kits when I figure it 
all out. 
Later,
Rick

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Rick,
   Thanks for the tip on the message board.  Sorry for 
the delay in answering this.  Regarding the headphone 
volume, they're all designed that way.  YAMAHA has a 
strong concern that some over-zealous drummer will max-up 
the volume, damage his hearing... or worse.... then sue 
everyone in sight.  They suggest using a headphone amplifier 
or pre-amp of some sort.



Dave Ksycki
Customer Service Administrator
Percussion Warranty/ Tech Support
(800) 892-6242 x4964

<vcrmac@...> 
11/06/99 12:51PM >>>
Hello,
FYI, a message board has been set up by and for users of 
the DTXpress kit. We thought that you would like to know 
this as it would provide you with direct feedback on your 
excellent product by people who are using is every day. 
Find it at:
http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress 

One question: We have found that the headphone volume on the 
DTXpress cannot be made loud enough. It is very difficult 
to hear the drum sounds compared to an outside source 
(cd player) or the songs in the module. I have adjusted the 
kit volume and the volume knob to it's highest level but 
drums are still not loud enough through headphones. 
Can you help with a solution?

Thank you,
Rick

I think I solved the drum volume level last weak, it didn't occur to me until now though.

If you dig through the voice menu you get to two pages of midi data, if you turn on channel 10 you will see that the voloume ( second page ) is not maxed out at 127 as factory standard.  Pushing up this volume affects the whole kit, but not any accompanyment on other midi channels.

I think this is a REAL fix, rather than a Yamaha get-out.

Give it a try, I've got to go to work now, so can't verify this info immediately,  but it certainly increases the volume of the drums.

hope I'm helping people.
	Andy

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From: 	vcrmac@...
Sent: 	15 December 1999 03:29
To: 	DTXpress@onelist.com
Subject: 	[DTXpress] The old headphone volume question revisited

From: vcrmac@...

Hi all,
Please see below new response to a message I sent to Yamaha a
while ago regarding the low headphone volume on the module.
I have to say that this reminds me of some of those drummer
jokes that go around. I seriously doubt that Yamaha is 
limiting the volume on their stereos or amps, which have 
headphone jacks as well, in order to protect the ears of
music listeners that purchase those products. What makes them
think that someone buying an e-drum set is any more prone to
this moronic behavior than the general public that they sell
their other stuff to? Ridiculous answer. 

In any case, I hope he joins this list. He'll never find a 
better source of direct customer feedback than here or on
Giles' website. By the way, great start on the site Giles and 
Paul, thanks for the tip on the Steinberg USB MIDI unit. I
think I'll give it a go when I get my sequencer software. 
Don't worry Giles, I'll send you some kits when I figure it 
all out. 
Later,
Rick

------------------------------------------
Rick,
   Thanks for the tip on the message board.  Sorry for 
the delay in answering this.  Regarding the headphone 
volume, they're all designed that way.  YAMAHA has a 
strong concern that some over-zealous drummer will max-up 
the volume, damage his hearing... or worse.... then sue 
everyone in sight.  They suggest using a headphone amplifier 
or pre-amp of some sort.



Dave Ksycki
Customer Service Administrator
Percussion Warranty/ Tech Support
(800) 892-6242 x4964

<vcrmac@...> 
11/06/99 12:51PM >>>
Hello,
FYI, a message board has been set up by and for users of 
the DTXpress kit. We thought that you would like to know 
this as it would provide you with direct feedback on your 
excellent product by people who are using is every day. 
Find it at:
http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress 

One question: We have found that the headphone volume on the 
DTXpress cannot be made loud enough. It is very difficult 
to hear the drum sounds compared to an outside source 
(cd player) or the songs in the module. I have adjusted the 
kit volume and the volume knob to it's highest level but 
drums are still not loud enough through headphones. 
Can you help with a solution?

Thank you,
Rick 

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