Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:
>
> I have been experimenting with the DTXpander/"Magic box" with a
> Pintech Concertcast snare on my Yamaha DTXpress.  One problem I
> noticed was that it wouldn't respond to a small hit after a very
> strong hit when using the box.  I tracked the problem down to the
> series diode, D3, in the DTXpander, which has an optional jumper on
> it.  With the diode shorted out, it works fine.  

Keith,

Have you tried the snare directly into the module?  We've always found 
that the module itself limits the snare's dynamic range, seriously 
shortchanging the softer end, as if the gain were stuck on high. 
(Other modules can compensate for comnpromises in sensitivity but not 
the Yamaha.)  The traditional remedy has been to insert a 250k pot 
between the Pintech snare and module to tame the beast (like a 
Guyatone cable, which has a rotary control built in). Do you have any 
ideas besides use of the DTXpander--not that I want to discourage 
anyone from using it, 

Ed