Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Just a quick note in case some of you haven't run into this before...

I was playing a demo of my DTXPressII for a friend recently and had
gotten to the Mystery kit. I noticed that the two tom sounds weren't
playing when the pads were struck. The "wandering" muted trumpet sound
and minor chord changes were just.... gone. So, I switched kits, and the
pads work fine on other kits! A "Mystery" mystery, if you will. :) When
in the Mystery kit, I noticed the pad impact indicators were jumping up
just as they are supposed to when I strike the pads, and all other pads
seemed to work, but the two middle pads would make no sound. After my
friend left, I spent about an hour reading the manual and playing with
settings and even did a couple of factory resets. Unfortunately, I still
was without any sound from those pads! So, what was the solution? I won't
keep you in suspense anymore...

The *accompaniment* volume was all the way down!!! :D

Arg. So simple yet tripped me up completely for over an hour! So, if you
notice a mysterious hole in your mystery kit (or other kits that rely on
the General MIDI instruments) make sure your accompaniment volume hasn't
been zeroed out! :)

Vern

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Vern,

Maybe this is the answer to Raven's question; the mystery kit sounds 
are basically pad songs.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> Just a quick note in case some of you haven't run into this 
before...
> 
> I was playing a demo of my DTXPressII for a friend recently and had
> gotten to the Mystery kit. I noticed that the two tom sounds 
weren't
> playing when the pads were struck. The "wandering" muted trumpet 
sound
> and minor chord changes were just.... gone. So, I switched kits, 
and the
> pads work fine on other kits! A "Mystery" mystery, if you will. :) 
When
> in the Mystery kit, I noticed the pad impact indicators were 
jumping up
> just as they are supposed to when I strike the pads, and all other 
pads
> seemed to work, but the two middle pads would make no sound. After 
my
> friend left, I spent about an hour reading the manual and playing 
with
> settings and even did a couple of factory resets. Unfortunately, I 
still
> was without any sound from those pads! So, what was the solution? 
I won't
> keep you in suspense anymore...
> 
> The *accompaniment* volume was all the way down!!! :D
> 
> Arg. So simple yet tripped me up completely for over an hour! So, 
if you
> notice a mysterious hole in your mystery kit (or other kits that 
rely on
> the General MIDI instruments) make sure your accompaniment volume 
hasn't

> been zeroed out! :)
> 
> Vern
> 
> --
> Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE     | "If the network is down, then you're
> Senior Systems Engineer     | obviously incompetent so why are we
> Texas Information Services  | paying you? Of course, if the network
> vern@t... www.txis.com  | is up, then we obviously don't need
> Cell 507-7851 Desk 328-8947 | you, so why are we paying you?" VLG