Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I've bought DTXpress II. It's amazing, but...

I've noticed something strange, which really bothers me, but I 
haven't had the time to read the manual. I really really hope that 
this can be fixed...

When I'm hitting snare and hihat pad at the same time, they don't 
respond. It's either snare or hihat, not both, like they should. This 
can be even seen on lcd - one of the pad not responding when the 
other is playing. Every other combination (tom-snare, hihat-tom, 
crash-tom...) works just fine. I've even changed the pads. The same 
problem (snare-hihat combination is problematic). But when I'm 
hitting snare and hihat pad very hard, then they both start to 
respond at the same time. What can be done? Is this maybe like a 
general issue with DTXpress or is it just on mine? 

Damn, did I explain this right?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Hi Bohasi, and congratulations on your new kit.
This is not normal, so rest assured that you will get
rid of this problem.  The only thing that hits me as
far as what to look for is the rejection settings in
the trigger menu.  You can set up pads to specifically
reject other pads, in addition to setting a more
blanket rejection parameter.  I don't know if the
menus have changed with the II model, but on the older
models you would press the Trigger button, the make
sure you were looking at the right trigger and scroll
to the 'specific rejection'page.  You will have to
check both the snare and HH trigger settings.  Beyond
that, you ma need to call Yamaha, unless other's have
better ideas...Walt
--- bohasi <bohasi@...> wrote:
> I've bought DTXpress II. It's amazing, but...
> 
> I've noticed something strange, which really bothers
> me, but I 
> haven't had the time to read the manual. I really
> really hope that 
> this can be fixed...
> 
> When I'm hitting snare and hihat pad at the same
> time, they don't 
> respond. It's either snare or hihat, not both, like
> they should. This 
> can be even seen on lcd - one of the pad not
> responding when the 
> other is playing. Every other combination
> (tom-snare, hihat-tom, 
> crash-tom...) works just fine. I've even changed the
> pads. The same 
> problem (snare-hihat combination is problematic).
> But when I'm 
> hitting snare and hihat pad very hard, then they
> both start to 
> respond at the same time. What can be done? Is this
> maybe like a 
> general issue with DTXpress or is it just on mine? 
> 
> Damn, did I explain this right?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 


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Is it that playing a hihat voice and a snare voice at the same time 
is the problem or is it that hitting the hi-hat pad and the snare pad 
at the same time is the problem?

It sounds more like a pad problem, since you said you
didn't see the pad hits registering on the module. 
Without a trigger signal, there will be no voice.   
--- bk452468 <j.g.koenders@...> wrote:
> Is it that playing a hihat voice and a snare voice
> at the same time 
> is the problem or is it that hitting the hi-hat pad
> and the snare pad 
> at the same time is the problem?
> 
> 
> 


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One other thing that just hit me though is that you
have the three zone snare - that may be playiing into
your problem.  Are you only hitting the main part of
the snare, or one (or both) of the outer zones, or
doesn't it matter?
--- bk452468 <j.g.koenders@...> wrote:
> Is it that playing a hihat voice and a snare voice
> at the same time 
> is the problem or is it that hitting the hi-hat pad
> and the snare pad 
> at the same time is the problem?
> 
> 
> 


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> Hi Bohasi, and congratulations on your new kit.
> This is not normal, so rest assured that you will get
> rid of this problem.  The only thing that hits me as
> far as what to look for is the rejection settings in
> the trigger menu.  You can set up pads to specifically
> reject other pads, in addition to setting a more
> blanket rejection parameter.  I don't know if the
> menus have changed with the II model, but on the older
> models you would press the Trigger button, the make
> sure you were looking at the right trigger and scroll
> to the 'specific rejection'page.  You will have to
> check both the snare and HH trigger settings.  Beyond
> that, you ma need to call Yamaha, unless other's have
> better ideas...Walt

Thanks!

Yes, the trigger rejection settings! Yesterday I went through the old 
messages and found the same problem mentioned and how to solve it. I 
went through the manual and corrected the problem in trigger menu 
settings! 

DTXpress is extreme fun to play! 
At first I was sceptic how DTX would perform. I have been playing 
acoustics for 10 years and I was worried how DTX would respond to 
fast and busy drumming (paraddidles, ghost notes), but it's great. 
I'm really satisfied!

Thanks for all replies guys!

Regards