Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> 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,

I have been experimenting a bit more with the ConcertCast and have
settled on the following settings for now: Gain=99, MVel=1,
VelCurve=Hard 1.  The DTXpress seems to register small hits by showing
a percentage on the trigger display without actually making a sound on
the settings I had before.  These new settings seem to give a larger
dynamic range.  

On the DIY Edrums group someone was asking about a simple compressor
circuit, not specifically for the ConcertCast.  I posted a simple
circuit with 2 resistors and a diode which should do that.  I haven't
actually tried it, just simulated its effect with my design software,
but I could also post it here if you like.  I suppose I should try it
myself but I am incredibly busy at the moment and since joining one
band find myself almost in two bands which is getting complicated. 
That's in between ripping my kitchen apart trying to catch a stoat and
trying to earn a living (not as a stoat catcher it seems)!

Keith.