Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I see alot of people posting this problem but didn't see anyone with 
a real indication as to how to fix it.  My kick pad is to the point 
that 1/3 to 1/2 of my hits are not coming through.  Occasionally I 
hear a faint, low volume hit, but not what it should sound like.  
This is becoming increasingly frustrating as I am finally to the 
point that the rapid fire is coming to me quite easily and I can't 
hear it.  Any thoughts?????

BYW - I'm playing through headphones, w/ and w/out cd accompaniment.

--- In DTXpress@y..., "briandejo" <briandejo@y...> wrote:
> I see alot of people posting this problem but didn't see anyone 
with 
> a real indication as to how to fix it.  My kick pad is to the point 
> that 1/3 to 1/2 of my hits are not coming through.  Occasionally I 
> hear a faint, low volume hit, but not what it should sound like.  
> This is becoming increasingly frustrating as I am finally to the 
> point that the rapid fire is coming to me quite easily and I can't 
> hear it.  Any thoughts?????
> 
> BYW - I'm playing through headphones, w/ and w/out cd accompaniment.

i'm not sure with the yamaha kick triggers,but with my pintechs i had 
a slight problem when i was doing for an example steady 16th's or 
32nd's with the kicks,that the triggers weren't tracking very well at 
all,but i made a few minor adjustments on my module,and it really 
seemed to clean it up quite nicely.. i didn't really no tice any 
prob's with doin like triplets or quads, it was just when i was doin 
a steady run with the kicks that it wasn't keeping up (tracking wise)
one thing idid do is put the input attenuation in the up position,and 
it really made a difference so it may help you,but i'm not sure 

anyone else got any ideas???

sam(otacon28)
ps. happy independence day to the group!!!!!!!

My kick pad did this about 2 months after getting the dtxpress.
It was never quite right to begin with, but it got real bad.

how to fix it:
1: get a soldering iron.
2: open the tower.
3: resolder every connection on the pcb - the impact puts micro cracks
in
them that causes intermittent firing.
4: If this doesn't fix it, replace all the resistors ( about $2 at radio
shack ). Sometimes the insertion machine in the factory put stress when
bending the lead which separates the lead from the resistor.

I also replaced the piezo sensor with a radio shack piezo ( $3 ), but
ultimately the problem was a resistor on the PCB.

briandejo wrote:
> 
> I see alot of people posting this problem but didn't see anyone with
> a real indication as to how to fix it.  My kick pad is to the point
> that 1/3 to 1/2 of my hits are not coming through.  Occasionally I
> hear a faint, low volume hit, but not what it should sound like.
> This is becoming increasingly frustrating as I am finally to the
> point that the rapid fire is coming to me quite easily and I can't
> hear it.  Any thoughts?????
> 
> BYW - I'm playing through headphones, w/ and w/out cd accompaniment.
> 
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I sent mine back and they repaired itfor nothing.  Its a known problem by Yamaha.


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Earlier this year I posted quite a bit about the problem. I told 
Midwest Percussion about it.  They put me in touch with Yamaha. I re-
soldered the connections etc, but nothing worked. Eventually Yamaha 
sent me a new KP60. They were very nice about it. Not long 
thereafter, however, I replaced this second kick tower, which was 
better than the first one but not flawless, with one from DrumTech, 
which tracks perfectly. Hopefully, the kick pad in Yamaha's new DTX, 
which seems to be an entirely new design, works better. Cheap as the 
necessary parts are, you shouldn't have to pay at all for the 
company's mistake, unless, of course, you choose to buy from another 
company, as I did. 

--- In DTXpress@y..., Scott Bettersworth <sgbworth@y...> wrote:
> I sent mine back and they repaired itfor nothing.  Its a known 
problem by Yamaha.

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