Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

As Ed suggests, sound from amplifiers messes up pad response when
playing live. I have found that just turning an amp a bit away from
the kit helps alot and prevents miss-fires and missed hits. Regarding
your crash- if it is one of the choking cymbals; I have found that it
reveals bad technique by quenching itself as it is being hit. These
cymbals require a very quick hit. If you carry over a "playing through
the cymbal" technique from your acoustic days, you will choke the
cymabal as you hit it. This involves a loss of dramatic visual impact
which I have replaced by making faces like Laura Dern in Blue Velvet.


On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:36:03 -0000, Nick Carroll
<njcarroll56@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hey Aeron,
> 
> Let me just check with you - this miss-triggering problem happens
> with your TP65 (8-inch 3-zone snare pad)?  I had considered trading
> down to the TP65 thinking it was only an issue with the TP120SD (12-
> inch pad).  In any case, please let me know how your next gig goes,
> because I intend to follow this issue very closely.
> 
> Nick.
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer"
> <aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Nick,
> >
> > Thanks for your response.  When I bought the kit, I had to move
> the
> > hihat from the extention arm on the snare arm and mounted it on
> the
> > module arm at the top, as a hihat hit was triggering the snare, so
> > maybe the gain is a bit high.  When playing the kit at home, I
> have
> > no trouble at all, so the more I think about it, the more
> convinced I
> > am that the Bass may be affecting the snare.
> >
> > I don't have my accoustic kit anymore so will have to persevere.
> One
> > of the ways I got the wifes agreement to buy the DTx was to offer
> her
> > some room in the copboard under the stairs for the hoover and
> ironing
> > board, this was only possible by getting rid of the accoustic and
> > buying the electronic kit instead as it takes up less room when
> > packed away - and it obviously worked!
> >
> > Have a big gig on Feb 11th, so will see what happens there.
> >
> > Aeron
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Aeron,
> > >
> > > I am having exact same trouble with the TP120S snare on my
> > DTXtreme,
> > > and it only happens when the bass guitar amp is either too loud
> and
> > > boomy, or too close to my kit.  At the last gig, I asked our
> bass
> > > player to move his gear off my part of the stage floor and had
> no
> > > problem.  Reducing the Gain, which makes the snare pad less
> > > sensitive, was also helpful to some extent.  However, in the
> event
> > > that our bass player is unwilling or unable to comply, I always
> > pack
> > > my acoustic snare as a standby!
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer"
> > > <aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer"
> > > > > <aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi all, purchased a DTxpress III recently and used it live
> > for
> > > > the
> > > > > > first time on Saturday.  Had a problem with the occasional
> > hit
> > > of
> > > > > the
> > > > > > snare pad not triggering.
> 
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Creighton Higgins