Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "b_marc" <b_marc@y...> wrote:
> I am using a DTXpress III special kit since a month and have to get 
> used to the terms used in the Forums.
> My problem is that when I close the Hi Hat (footCl) the bass drumm 
is 
> triggered with it. I tried to search the Forum but could not get 
any 
> satisfying answer on how to reduce this effect. I suppose this 
> effetct is generally mentionned as crosstalk. Which parameters have 
> to be changed to reduce it. I tried to feedle on all the parameters 
I 
> thought could have to do with it without success.
> Could somebody help a lost newbie. many thanks

Here's my first thought on the subject. I could be all wet, but let's 
see. To oversimplify, crosstalk normally occurs because the pads 
occupy a common ground that allows vibrations from one pad to 
propagate to the others. In most cases, the rack is the offending 
medium, and rejection or specific-rejection settings (for problems 
between two particular pads) can address the problem. In your case, 
the kick and hi hat controller don't share a direct physical 
connection, since both the hi hat and the kick pad are independent of 
the rack. True, you could be on a flimsy wooden riser, but since  
general crosstalk doesn't seem an issue, I'll assume that you aren't 
on a platform that shakes like a 50 cent stepladder.

This leads me to believe that a faulty connection, rather than 
crosstalk, is your problem. Did you by any chance connect the kick 
pad to input 9, intending also to connect another pad to the kick to 
access input 10? If so, you might have accidentally inserted the hi 
hat controller stereo cable into the kick input by mistake (and the 
cymbal mistakenly into the controller?). Unless I'm badly mistaken, 
that arrangement would give you a kick sound when you closed the hi 
hat because the stereo cable would access it. There are some 
potential holes in this theory, but I'll throw it out as a first step.

Ed