Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Can anybody help me out on the hi-hat settings, I'm not getting a
"natural" opening. I'm using a pedal (not a rhh130) and a roland cy5
as hi-hat. The settings in the module (dtxpress 4) are rhh. This way i
get edge sounds on the cy5. But the hi-hat offset is giving me
trouble. Any ideas on this?

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "ruffalo2003" <berendsen.tom@...> wrote:
>
> Can anybody help me out on the hi-hat settings, I'm not getting a
> "natural" opening. I'm using a pedal (not a rhh130) and a roland cy5
> as hi-hat. The settings in the module (dtxpress 4) are rhh. This way i
> get edge sounds on the cy5. But the hi-hat offset is giving me
> trouble. Any ideas on this?
>

I don't think selecting RHH is necessarily the best option for the
CY5.  Try PCY3 or one of the other 3 zone settings - you will still
get the edge sound.  You could also try the "misc" trigger settings.

Keith.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "ruffalo2003" <berendsen.tom@> wrote:
> >
> > Can anybody help me out on the hi-hat settings, I'm not getting a
> > "natural" opening. I'm using a pedal (not a rhh130) and a roland cy5
> > as hi-hat. The settings in the module (dtxpress 4) are rhh. This way i
> > get edge sounds on the cy5. But the hi-hat offset is giving me
> > trouble. Any ideas on this?
> >
> 
> I don't think selecting RHH is necessarily the best option for the
> CY5.  Try PCY3 or one of the other 3 zone settings - you will still
> get the edge sound.  You could also try the "misc" trigger settings.
> 
> Keith.
>

Keith, 
thanks for the suggestion, but I already tried that. Maybe I just have
to step on the pedal a little harder....or buy a real rhh130. Anyway,
the pcy3 settings makes things worse, it's never closing with that.
All the misc settings force me to set my hi-hat offset to 32, and then
I still get a lot of "open" hi-hat where I don't want them.

Tom

> Keith, 
> thanks for the suggestion, but I already tried that. Maybe I just have
> to step on the pedal a little harder....or buy a real rhh130. Anyway,
> the pcy3 settings makes things worse, it's never closing with that.
> All the misc settings force me to set my hi-hat offset to 32, and then
> I still get a lot of "open" hi-hat where I don't want them.
> 
> Tom
>

Tom,

That seems a little strange.  I wouldn't have thought that the PCY3
setting should affect the closing.  I use a PCY65S with the PCY3
trigger setting and an offset of -10 with no problems.  I assume you
are using the correct hi-hat pedal?  One thing to try is the hi-hat
pedal physical adjustment.  You can adjust the pedal with a drum key
at the front of the pedal.  As shipped I found I had to stamp on mine
too much and that fixed it.

Keith.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:
> Tom,
> 
> That seems a little strange.  I wouldn't have thought that the PCY3
> setting should affect the closing.  I use a PCY65S with the PCY3
> trigger setting and an offset of -10 with no problems.  I assume you
> are using the correct hi-hat pedal?  One thing to try is the hi-hat
> pedal physical adjustment.  You can adjust the pedal with a drum key
> at the front of the pedal.  As shipped I found I had to stamp on mine
> too much and that fixed it.
> 
> Keith.
>

Keith,

Apparently the cy5 differs a lot from the pcy65s?
I'll try and fiddle with the physical adjustment tonight \and let you
know...

Tom

> Apparently the cy5 differs a lot from the pcy65s?

Tom,

It may do, but surely the hi-hat pedal itself and hi-hat offset and
time settings should be the only things that affect whether it is
"closed" or open, not the pad itself?  If I get chance I will try to
have a play with the settings later today to understand it better.

Keith.