Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I just purchased a new DTXpressIV with Pintech PC cymbals. The ride 
with bell works great but my PC14-2 chokable crashes and the PC14HH 
with module is giving me fits. Chrashes choke all the time and HiHat 
seems to be set to produce foot splashes only. Anyone have the settings 
dialed in? Would appreciate any help.

Thanks!
!

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jmollica11" <jmollica11@...> wrote:
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> I just purchased a new DTXpressIV with Pintech PC cymbals. The ride 
> with bell works great but my PC14-2 chokable crashes and the PC14HH 
> with module is giving me fits. Chrashes choke all the time and HiHat 
> seems to be set to produce foot splashes only. Anyone have the settings 
> dialed in? Would appreciate any help.

Premature choking is usually a technique problem.  You need to hit the
cymbals cleanly on the main area or the rim.  Changing the angle of
the cymbals usually helps, but you need to develop a technique for
playing e-cymbals.  

There may be some specific issues due to the cymbals being Pintech
ones.  I assume they have a rim switch and are not dual piezo?  I am
not sure if they are over-sensitive, but if so it may be worthwhile
turning down the gain pot on the cymbal if it has one.  If it doesn't,
you could try altering the trigger settings (the DTXpress IV doesn't
have the attenuator switches of the earlier DTXpress models).

Selecting different pad types in the trigger menu might help.  Also,
turning down the gain in the trigger menu could help.  Increasing the
self rejection time (TRG5) would also be worth trying.

A final option if the pads are too sensitive and all the above doesn't
work is to add a pot to the pad to tame it.

Keith.

If you don't know for certain that the Pintech cymbals use a rim
switch (I suspect they don't) then it would be worthwhile checking
with Pintech, or your instructions that came with the cymbals. 
Reading here:
http://forum.pintechworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=49 suggests that the
dual zone Pintech pads need to be used with a Y splitter and use two
inputs. This is certainly true of the Concertcast snare I have, so it
could also be true of the cymbals.  If you are using a stereo cable
and plugging the cymbals into one input it would certainly explain the
problems you are getting.

Keith.