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DTXpress II bass drum trigger problem

DTXpress II bass drum trigger problem

2004-01-19 by dannox02

I have had my DTXpress II kit now for about 7 months.  Lately, the 
bass drum pad has developed an annoying problem:  

The center of the pad (where the beater makes contact) no longer 
responds properly.  Sometimes it makes noise, sometimes loud, 
sometimes quiet, other times no sound at all!  I found that moving 
the pedal so that the beater makes contact to the left/right/bottom 
of the center solves the problem (if you'd call that a solution :-
( ).  The funny thing is that the "eq" on the display shows a reading 
from the bass, even when no sound is produced...

Anyway, has anyone else experienced this type of problem?  I have 
reset my module, and checked all connections and cable etc. with no 
luck.  Does it make sense that only a specific area of the pad would 
go dead?  Is there something that I can do to revive my stubborn drum 
pad?

Re: [DTXpress] DTXpress II bass drum trigger problem

2004-01-20 by Jim (work) Manfredi

The rubber covering starts to break down with the constant whacking of the kick pedal beater, but it appears that the main problem may well lie in the 1st foam covering under the rubber covering. After carefully removing the rubber covering, you will probably note that the foam has bottomed out at the point where the beater strikes. I bought the Pintech kick pad so I can just replace the mesh heads, but I want to try to scrape off the original foam from the Yamaha kick and replace it with a new piece of foam. I have not tried it yet so I can not guarantee results, but it may be worth a shot? If it does work it may be something to repeat as "routine maintenance" about every couple of months? If you try it, please let me know how you make out. Thanks.
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Jim
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----- Original Message -----
From: dannox02
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:45 PM
Subject: [DTXpress] DTXpress II bass drum trigger problem

I have had my DTXpress II kit now for about 7 months. Lately, the
bass drum pad has developed an annoying problem:

The center of the pad (where the beater makes contact) no longer
responds properly. Sometimes it makes noise, sometimes loud,
sometimes quiet, other times no sound at all! I found that moving
the pedal so that the beater makes contact to the left/right/bottom
of the center solves the problem (if you'd call that a solution :-
( ). The funny thing is that the "eq" on the display shows a reading
from the bass, even when no sound is produced...

Anyway, has anyone else experienced this type of problem? I have
reset my module, and checked all connections and cable etc. with no
luck. Does it make sense that only a specific area of the pad would
go dead? Is there something that I can do to revive my stubborn drum
pad?



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