Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

During normal play, my bass drum will play back very loud pretty 
much one out of every five hits.  I'm hitting the pad with the same 
amount of force each time but it still plays back at what seem like 
random volumes.  Is there anybody here that has experienced anything 
similar?

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "adamh52683" <adamh526@h...> wrote:
> During normal play, my bass drum will play back very loud pretty 
> much one out of every five hits.  I'm hitting the pad with the same 
> amount of force each time but it still plays back at what seem like 
> random volumes.  Is there anybody here that has experienced 
anything 
> similar?

Which model do you have, KP60 or 65? It could be a loose connection 
on the board or bad soldering. If the pad's new, let Yamaha handle 
it. If not, opening and troubleshooting it may be your only option. 
The KP60 was notorious for this problem.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "adamh52683" <adamh526@h...> wrote:
> During normal play, my bass drum will play back very loud pretty 
> much one out of every five hits.  I'm hitting the pad with the same 
> amount of force each time but it still plays back at what seem like 
> random volumes.  Is there anybody here that has experienced 
anything 
> similar?

By the way, did you try another cable?

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "adamh52683" <adamh526@h...> 
wrote:
> > During normal play, my bass drum will play back very loud pretty 
> > much one out of every five hits.  I'm hitting the pad with the 
same 
> > amount of force each time but it still plays back at what seem 
like 
> > random volumes.  Is there anybody here that has experienced 
> anything 
> > similar?
> 
> Which model do you have, KP60 or 65? It could be a loose 
connection 
> on the board or bad soldering. If the pad's new, let Yamaha handle 
> it. If not, opening and troubleshooting it may be your only 
option. 
> The KP60 was notorious for this problem.
> 
> Ed

I have the KP65 and I'm just using one of the mono plugs.  Actually, 
to be a little more specific, I only get those two problems when I'm 
playing along with one of the preset songs.  Could it be that the 
dtxpress is trying to process too many things at once during certain 
parts of the songs combined with my playing on top of them?  The 
cymbals don't choke out early and the kick is consistently as loud 
as it should be when I'm playing normally(not with a preset song).  
Any ideas?  Thanks a bunch.

Adam

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "adamh52683" <adamh526@h...> wrote:
I only get those two problems when I'm 
> playing along with one of the preset songs.  Could it be that the 
> dtxpress is trying to process too many things at once during 
certain 
> parts of the songs combined with my playing on top of them?  The 
> cymbals don't choke out early and the kick is consistently as loud 
> as it should be when I'm playing normally(not with a preset song).  
> Any ideas?  Thanks a bunch.

Adam,

Based on what you're saying now, I'd rule out any physical problem 
with the pedal in favor of what you alluded to yourself. You might 
just be exhausting the module's 32-note polyphony when playing with 
the preset songs, thereby causing voices over the limit to drop out. 
There's not much you can do about it, except for eliminating some of 
your layers, reducing decay on at least some of the voices, playing 
fewer notes, cutting down on your kit real estate, or practicing with 
an outside source (CD/MP2/MIDI player) instead. 

Ed