Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

>Apparently if I hit the ride part of the pad softly I'll always get 
>the ride sound.  But if I hit it a little harder, it crashes like 
>the edge of the rim is programmed to.  When I hit the edge of the 
>pad I get that choked cymbal sound.  I assigned only one sound to 
>the pad, like just the ride sound for example, and it works fine.  
>Is it possible that maybe that sensitivity button got messed around 
>with or something in the back? I really hope I'm not hitting these 
>things too hard.

It's hard to tell whether you're hitting too hard, or something's 
not right with the cymbal. I don't think that the cymbal would act 
funny if you accidentally flipped the corresponding DIP switch on 
the back of the module (almost impossible to do, I might add). It 
would just make the cymbal louder. One thing you might check is 
whether you have the pad type for that input set correctly in the 
trigger menu. If it's not "PCY ride," the cymbal might react funny. 
But I'm betting that you're hitting the cymbal too hard for the two 
trigger types to remain sufficiently isolated. Hitting the Yamaha 
stereo cymbals, or any gum rubber stereo cymbal, correctly takes 
some trial and error (more like glancing blows than head on).  The 
more you stray from precision through sheer power, especially in the 
early days, the more likely is the cymbal to misbehave. By the way, 
gloves aren't a bad idea, if only to protect your fingers from 
blisters and bruises and give your wrists a little support. The 
rubber can take its toll.

  
 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven 
<realvast@s...>" 
> <realvast@s...> wrote:
> > Crap crap crap!!  Here I am playing along with my favorite cds, 
> the 
> > music cranked up, and I'm banging away on my drums, life is 
> > good...then all of a sudden while I'm playing my dual zone ride 
> > cymbal, the PCY65S, it starts messing up!  When I hit the pad 
> > surface for the ride cymbal, sometimes it gives me the crash 
sound 
> I 
> > have programmed for the edge of the cymbal.  And when I hit the 
> edge 
> > of the cymbal it always gives me this wierd muted choked cymbal 
> > sound, like I'm choking the crash.  I already turned off the 
> module 
> > and reinserted the jacks to both the module and cymbal and still 
> its 
> > acting funny!  I do bang on the thing pretty hard and I guess 
its 
> > not as stable as banging on a tom pad but I'm not sure if I 
messed 
> > it up!  I have a one year warranty with the store i bought it 
from 
> > and they'll fix me up in the store, but this really sucks! :(  I 
> > never needed you guys more than now!  So please help!  Thank 
you!!