Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

June 1st.  Good Wed.!

Bry from Indiana (so. part) here.  Just bought a used (traded in) 
DTX III.  So far (a couple of days) i've had a little trouble with 
it, but I expected things to be different until I got used to it and 
found my way by trial and error.

In the 70's I played in garage bands (early 70's) then in the mid to 
late 70's (after finding Christ) played drums for a gospel group. 
Went to college (backslid,too), got married, a job, etc. and with 
apartments,smaller houses, etc., kept my HUGE Slingerland set in 
storage.  Last time I had them out was my wedding reception (played 
at my own!).  After 23 years of marriage and not giving church much 
thought I started reading and thinking and have gone back with a 
fervor.  As such, I wanted to start playing drums in church again. 
My present church is SO SMALL (downright tiny)and has no music 
(well, cd's)but I want to play drums eventually.  Thus, the only way 
to get started was to get a small, compact travelling digital kit.  

Made the first move last weekend by trading my behemoth 
Slingerland's in for the used DTX III.  I'm sure the dealer has 
contacts and can get much more for the Slingerland's than he gave me 
in trade, but...    I got a new Hartke amp as trade.   Also, had 
been wanting a "cheater" pedal for years (played double bass in 
garage bands) so I got a Pearl.   

Now, to problems so far.   The volume (headphones) isn't nearly as 
loud as I want it.  Especially on a couple of the pads.  They are 
almost silent and so far I haven't been able to adjust it.  

There wasn't a manual with the kit, so I managed to d/l one and have 
been studying it.  Looks like there might be a switch or something 
mising from the back Input Attenuation (what does that do?) Would 
that be a possible cause?  

I don't want midi or any of the strange (at least to me) kits.  I 
just wanted a SMALL, PORTABLE, drum kit.  I'll have to learn to 
adapt and live with the differences between this and old style drums.
I'm hoping that as a member of this list that i'll find advice and 
get input on help doing that. 

Sorry to have rambled in my first post.

Sincerely,

Bry  (Huntingburg, Indiana)