Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Scott,

Earlier this year, you wrote:

"The only 'dropouts I've noticed is when I do a "pressroll/flam".
I don't know what it is really called, but when you do a short 
pressroll with the right hand followed immediately by a shot with the 
left.Anyway, if I don't end that pressroll part soon enough, the 
left-hand-shot doesn't trigger.I've had to modify my playing a bit to 
ensure it is heard. Or worse, play it properly, with both hands doing 
the roll (R-L-R-L) with the last L played hard. It's all played in 
the time it takes to play a flam. I don't know why the last one drops 
out."

I agreed with you on that, adding that if the stick making the second 
to last stroke remains on the drum, the next stroke with the other 
stick won't trigger. As you said, attention to playing style helps, 
but certain kinds of roll are still susceptible. Anyway, with further 
experimenting, I discovered that this phenomenon is not a limitation 
of the AX14S but of the Xpress. No need to adjust the module.

Ed

Ed,
I agree. It seems to be a limitation of the module, and no adjustments 
can make it go away. As for other modules, I have no experience, 
except long ago with a DM5.But I was triggering acoustics, and I don't 
remember its characteristics. But it is the module. I have absolutely 
no beef with the AX14S.
Scott

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> Earlier this year, you wrote:
> 
> "The only 'dropouts I've noticed is when I do a "pressroll/flam".
> I don't know what it is really called, but when you do a short 
> pressroll with the right hand followed immediately by a shot with 
the 
> left.Anyway, if I don't end that pressroll part soon enough, the 
> left-hand-shot doesn't trigger.I've had to modify my playing a bit 
to 
> ensure it is heard. Or worse, play it properly, with both hands 
doing 
> the roll (R-L-R-L) with the last L played hard. It's all played in 
> the time it takes to play a flam. I don't know why the last one 
drops 
> out."
> 
> I agreed with you on that, adding that if the stick making the 
second 
> to last stroke remains on the drum, the next stroke with the other 
> stick won't trigger. As you said, attention to playing style helps, 
> but certain kinds of roll are still susceptible. Anyway, with 
further 

> experimenting, I discovered that this phenomenon is not a limitation 
> of the AX14S but of the Xpress. No need to adjust the module.
> 
> Ed