Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

As I just bought myself a DTXP III kit I am now starting to explore
its features. Here are two questions that probably easily can be
answered by experienced users:
- Is there any possibility to record just the metronome click to one
of the two tracks of a User Song?
- How can I adjust (separately) the trigger settings for the three
zones of the snare pad?

For any advise I am greatful.

-Bongo-

(living in Germany, posting his first message to the User Group today.
Greetings from "Old Europe")

--- bongokonzelmann wrote:

> As I just bought myself a DTXP III kit...

When you have had a chance to play, give us your thoughts on it. 
Especially the new cymbal sounds.

> Is there any possibility to record just the metronome
> click to one of the two tracks of a User Song?

Why would you want to do that and waste a track? You can start and 
stop the click while replaying or recording any song (user or 
otherwise). Just store the tempo with the song, and you'll be all 
set. I have a half-dozen songs which are zero length and use no 
tracks, but which I just use for rapid selection of tempos for the 
click track when practicing.

> How can I adjust (separately) the trigger settings for
> the three zones of the snare pad?

You can't. There's only one trigger, even in the so-called three-
zone snare. The two rim zones are switches.

Stewart (from the other side of the channel)

Stewart,

thanks for the prompt response.

The reason I am trying to get the click recorded is because of the way
I want to practice with the band. Starting to play a particular song I
´d simply like to start the recorded sequence which offers me a
defined number of bars to "get into it" but becomes silent then.

My question about the three zone snare pad was because I am always
sruggling with the trigger sensitivity of the cross stick section. I
have to hit it quite hard (at least compared to the normal pad space)
to get the cross stick sound. - Any suggestion to improve that?

Bongo



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" <moosetication@y...>
wrote:

> --- bongokonzelmann wrote:
> 
> > As I just bought myself a DTXP III kit...
> 
> When you have had a chance to play, give us your thoughts on it. 
> Especially the new cymbal sounds.
> 
> > Is there any possibility to record just the metronome
> > click to one of the two tracks of a User Song?
> 
> Why would you want to do that and waste a track? You can start and 
> stop the click while replaying or recording any song (user or 
> otherwise). Just store the tempo with the song, and you'll be all 
> set. I have a half-dozen songs which are zero length and use no 
> tracks, but which I just use for rapid selection of tempos for the 
> click track when practicing.
> 
> > How can I adjust (separately) the trigger settings for
> > the three zones of the snare pad?
> 
> You can't. There's only one trigger, even in the so-called three-
> zone snare. The two rim zones are switches.
> 
> Stewart (from the other side of the channel)