Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" <moosetication@y...> 
wrote:
> Sorry, I was being dense ... there is another option. If by "song" 
> you mean that you're playing along with the module's built-in 
songs, 
> then this may be a polyphony issue. The brain only has a limited 
> number of voices that can be used simultaneously. When a song is 
> playing, depending on its complexity, it's using a lot of the 
> available voices which doesn't leave many for your pads. The brain 
> may just be grabbing the voice used by your cymbal because it needs 
> it for something else. There is absolutely nothing you can do about 
> this, I'm afraid.

If Stewart's right about the polyphony issue (and I think he is), all 
is not necessarily lost. Doesn't the DTXpress have a setting 
somewhere that allows the user to choose just what should drop out in 
the event that maximum polyphony is exceeded?  If so, you might be 
able to trade having your cymbals saved for losing a note from some 
other MIDI instrument in the song--whatever you deem the lesser of 
two evils.

Ed