Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Tom has his own timetable. We pursued it together--at a distance-- 
until there was nothing left for me to do, and Tom had to get to the 
nitty gritty himself. Two weekends ago he was set to do measurements 
on an HH80, which was the last part of the procurement stage. I'm 
not sure how much time it will take him to construct a single 
controller that will toggle between Roland and Yamaha. He led me to 
believe that it wouldn't be too long, but we'll see. If I don't get 
an update in a couple of weeks, I'll check with him. Meanwhile my 
Visu-lite hi hat cymbals are waiting patiently on the stand for the 
finishing touch.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
<jadiebooshkie@y...>" <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> Thanks, Ed...I have been messin' with the settings, and will try 
> your suggestions.  Any word on the Visulite HH?...Jade
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus 
> <liberatusvirus@y...>" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > FC, or frequency cutoff, is a measure of how bright you want the 
> > sound to be; the higher the brighter. The Note # is the midi 
note 
> > number assigned to a particular input (forget about it until you 
> > start trying to send midi notes to an external device--like the 
> > midiKITI). The "Copy to" function allows you to transfer the 
> > settings from one input to another. It's irrelevant for now.
> > 
> > The drop-outs on the hi hat are probably due to your trigger 
> > settings being too high--most likely input 8's (hit hat) 
specific 
> > rejection of input 2 (snare). If the snare is dropping out, just 
> > reverse the direction. The gain for the snare or hh might also 
> come 
> > into play; don't go too high for now. (I'm guessing that your 
min. 
> > vel. isn't at fault because you don't seem to indicate that the 
> > difficulties come with light hits.) Stay with the pad gain 
default 
> > until you lick the drop-out problem. Check the January posts 
about 
> > snare/hh interaction, which go into more detail about the 
> rejection 
> > parameters.
> > 
> > As for the shoop, you can get it. First, you shouldn't expect 
> > hitting the rim of a rubber pad to deliver the same result as 
> > hitting the rim of an acoustic hi hat cymbal. Whatever you do on 
> the 
> > gum rubber HH pad, do it toward the center. Next, you have to 
> > experiment with HH sensitivity in the Voice menu and HH offset 
in 
> > the Utility menu to get the HH controller to behave to your 
> liking. 
> > There's also a small knob at the head of your controller pedal 
> that 
> > can be adjusted with a drum key for further refinement. If I 
> > remember correctly (and I may not), my HH Offs was at 0 and my 
> > sensitivity at 20.
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
> > <jadiebooshkie@y...>" <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > > Can anyone help me out??
> > > 
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
> > > <jadiebooshkie@y...>" <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > > > I am having LOTS of trouble getting my HH to deliver 
> > that "shoop" 
> > > > sound and the closed HH sound.  If I do a multiple lick fast 
> > > between 
> > > > the snare and HH,The HH delivers only a few of the notes, 
and 
> > the 
> > > > rest are muted, if I whack at the rim of the HH to get 
> > the "shoop" 
> > > > sound (partially open then closed HH sound), I get a dead 
> > pad...is 
> > > > my HH pad dying?  Anyway, here are the settings I have for 
my 
> HH 
> > > (It 
> > > > is 2 layered)...perhaps someone could help me with the 
> > > settings...I 
> > > > want HH response EVERYTIME I hit the pad-whether partially 
> > opened 
> > > or
> > > > closed...ANY HELP will be immensely appreciated.  Here are 
> > > > settings:                   V2 settings:
> > > > KIT IN=FootClV=1.....       FootClV=2
> > > > H-009-HvyClse*.......       H/020  LiteClose
> > > > Vol-126 Pan-C........       Vol-110Pan-C
> > > > Tune-0  F-0..........       TuneC=0   F=0   Layer Bal=0
> > > > LayerBal=---.........       Decay+11  Fc=+3  Fade=0  Rev 
> Send=25
> > > > Decay=+13  Fc=0...(what does Fc do?)
> > > > Note#44(G#1)...what's this mean and do?
> > > > Ch=10  GateT=0.35....what's this?
> > > > Fade=0  Rev send=25  AltG=1  Key=semi(same for V2) **hold 
> mode, 
> > > key 
> > > > off function are off,disable and normal, respectively for V1 
> and 
> > > V2 
> > > > 
> > > > What does "Copy To" mean and do?...Thanks for letting me 
vent 
> my 
> > > > frustration....Jade