Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey, Dennis
My story is about the same as Ed's. But I have the switch in back low, 
and gain around 60. I'm still experimenting. Great response though. I 
am going to try Ed's settings. Nothing to lose, and maybe lots to 
gain.. About your no trigger at all near the rim... Did you tension 
the head after you got it? Pintech says it needs a full turn on each 
rod.I think mine was more like three. This can make a huge difference 
in response.The tighter the head, the less noticeable the hot spot is, 
also.
The only 'dropouts I've noticed is when I do a "pressroll/flam".
I don't know what it is really called, but when you do a short 
pressroll with the right hand followed immediately by a shot with the 
left.Anyway, if I don't end that pressroll part soon enough, the 
left-hand-shot doesn't trigger.I've had to modify my playing a bit to 
ensure it is heard. Or worse, play it properly, with both hands doing 
the roll (R-L-R-L) with the last L played hard. It's all played in the 
time it takes to play a flam. I don't know why the last one drops out. 
My rejection settings are all '0'.
This problem caused me to set up a kit with my extra pad as a second 
indetical snare. The drums in the Door's 'Love Me Two Times' is played 
as a snare shuffle, with flams on the 2 and 4.Some of my 2's and 4's 
were dropping out, so I set up the other pad as snare, and played it 
as though it were the HiHat. Problem solved. I hope all this makes 
sense...And I hope it helps!!!

Good luck

Scott

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus 
<liberatusvirus@y...>" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
> 
> Scott just got one of these, too. Maybe he'll have another story. I 
> have noticed a hot spot in the middle of the AX14S under the 
> trigger; it's unavoidable. But you can work around it. What I did is 
> change the type of pad for input 2 from TP snare to DT snare. My 
> global trigger setting is DT 10/20 (medium is the default). Because 
> the AX14S is on a separate stand, you don't have to worry about 
> crosstalk. I have rejection and specific rejection at zero and self-
> rejection at 1 or 2, depending on which way the wind blows. My gain 
> is usually high, in the 90s, and my minimum velocity at rock bottom. 
> One more component to this ultra-hot setup is to flip the DIP switch 
> corresponding to input 2 at the back of the module to the up 
> position. You'll need a tiny screwdriver or needle to do it, unless 
> you've got great finger nails. The result should be good sensitivity 
> all around the drum, from center to rim, almost as though the module 
> were capable of positional sensing. Although I cannot claim 
> perfection for this method (I've had an inexplicable dropout or 
> two), it generally works pretty well. Pressed rolls near the tension 
> rods were unthinkable with the standard gum rubber, or even the 
> otherwise wonderful Pintech ConcertCasts. But now they're pretty 
> accurate--not to say that tweaking is a thing of the past. It goes 
> on forever.
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "dennisw562003 <dennisw56@i...>" 
> <dennisw56@i...> wrote:
> > I have added the AX14 snare to my DTXpress. Can anyone help me out 
> > with the DTXpress settings for the new snare.
> > 
> > I only get sound when the head is hit directly in the middle.
> > 
> > I also learned talking to Pintech, to get the snare and rim sound 
> a 
> > Y1 splitter must be used with the head mono connected to the snare 
> > and the rim mono connected to 9/10.
> > 
> > Thanks, Dennis