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Probably I am just being blind, but I cannot find the initial post mentioned above from JMan on doing the mod on Drumit3 ... Could you point me there?

http://www.2box-forum.com/index.php/topic,3790.msg27702.html#msg27702

Hi everyone,

I bought a brand new five pieces trigit triggers and after 2 or 3 weeks one head piezo stoped working and another one seems to lead the same way. Loss of dynamic. Wether I hit the tom gently or harder it sounds the same. (the loudest sample) When I gently tap on the piezo of that trigger, nothing comes out. I have to tap harder.
Do you guys think that it's a broken piezo or just a soldering problem?
I don't want to send them back for the warranty because thomann told me that it takes 4 weeks before they repair it or exchange it. Besides they want me to send the whole kit !!!
Thanks

In a previous thread with the same kind of problem it turned out to be a broken wire/solder point on the brass of the piezo that could be resoldered. You would have to open up the pad and inspect it to see.
https://www.2box-forum.com/index.php/topic,2762.0.html
In that thread the picture is no longer posted. But the wire that goes to the brass broke at the solder point. 2Box supposedly fixed the problem in later Trigit triggers. What they started doing is putting more of the wire on the brass laying parallel on the brass instead of just the tip of the wire contacting the brass. That way the wire has a bit more support. That is how they suggested doing the re-soldering for anyone fixing it themselves.

PadPs is an abbreviation of Piezo/Switch. So Piezo on the head and Switch on the rim (though I assume it's still a piezo on the rim) Recommended for Roland and Alesis pads.

That's what it says in the manual anyway.

Yes, there is the PadP setting for Piezo/Piezo pads. Think Roland Rubber pads like PD-8 Piezo/Switch for Pad PS. And it might work OK with the TruTrac heads since they are also Piezo/Switch ..... someone will need to try it.

Cool! Thanks!

Jman, on your 32gb card mod, are the drumit3 sounds preloaded or do I need to pull them off the factory SD card? Haven’t had time to compare them yet. Thanks

Hi, I emailed this info when I shipped:
FYI, the card will load just like the original module with all the stock kits, etc. I also have all the extra kits and sounds that are available on the net, or the D5, plus the eNerd kits. So, you start off with lots of good stuff, and plenty of room for more. All the additional kits are in alphabetical order after the original Drumit Three kits. And of course if you don't want some of the extra kits or sounds you can easily delete anything you don't want from the module. Talk to you soon, Jerry

Thanks Jman, that's awesome to hear. So does the 4GB library have a lot more than was previously available on the Five or is it a lot of the same? And are there any standout updates on the 1.32 OS that would be worth having?

About 1/2 (2GB) of the D3 sounds are brand new sounds. And a lot of the other sounds are ones that were already up on the 2Box website but not on the D5 like the Cube Beech stuff for example. If you download the D3 manual you can see features and changes that are in the new OS. It is definitely worth doing. A few things off the top of my head: You can assign a pad rim to change kits. You can now assign a fixed Hi Hat and choose any of the open to closed transitions as the fixed sound. For new snares (including new ones you build yourself with the new Editor or SDSE) that have 3 zones you can choose Crosstick or Rimshot sound for your rim .... whereas previously with the D5 you would have to find a cross-stick sound in the folder and assign it, now they will be part of the Dsnd file so you can just go to instrument and choose via the +++ like 3 zone ride sounds. There are new settings for Piezo/Piezo pads that make it a little better for dialing in other brand pads. ...... to name a few.

Amazed to get a new product from 2box! Any idea if the new 4GB library is going to be made available to us DrumIt Five module users??

All the sounds of the Drumit Three will work on the Drumit Five. One of the members of this forum previously had all the Drumit Three content on a site where it could be downloaded ...... for a while. 2Box doesn't have Drumit Three sound files posted right now, but I imagine they will put it up at some point. There is also an OS update coming for the Drumit Five and it will have the same 1.32 OS like the Drumit Three, only configured slightly dif. for the dif. in the Drumit Five's inputs and additional ouputs.

I don't know if any of you in this thread have played with the PFACT setting. I have setup a Roland HH controller, 2Box style controller and my FSR HH controller on the Drumit Three. After calibrating the FSR HH I found that it did some weird stuff like not register closed sometimes when I expected. I found raising the PFACT setting made things work smoothly and consistent.

Thanks J.  Mine are new 14” Alesis rides (not Strike) and an Alesis 16” ride. I also have 2 pearl 12 inch crashes but they can only be single zone since their split from toms 3 and 4’s rims. I will find out if the bells are switches and will report my findings. I use muted Sabien metal hats with your stealth trigger. Just got a goedrum controller but haven’t had time to mess with it. All my drums are 2 zone Lauren’s (12”s, 2 12”t, 2 10”t, 16”b using “tennis ball” Kat beaters). Once I get everything dialed in I will post my settings.

I'm pretty sure the new "rubber" Alesis Rides have the switch for the Bell. The Alesis metal and Pearl metal cymbals were just re-branded Smartrigger cymbals and definitely did not have the bell switch. But you will have to see how things work.

Also, when you setup the Hi Hat if you email me I can give you some settings I have compiled in the last couple weeks for the Stealth cymbals, including the HH cymbal with the D3. The settings are a little different from the Drumit Five settings since the D3 has some additional trigger parameter choices. J

I have three 3 zone cymbals (two 14’s one 16) and will use 1 as a ride and 2 for crashes. They each have 2 outputs per pad  (Pearl, Simmons, Alesis types, not Rolands) and am wondering if the B inputs will work for them and that they are able to use a crash type cymbal with a bell or would they need to be rides only. Not sure if this makes sense. Thanks

Not all crashes have bell sounds but many do. Even if they don't have bell sounds a 3 zone cymbal will work you just get the bow sound on the bell. But as far as whether the non Roland 3 zones will work since to my knowledge no one has tested and confirmed that yet you will have to test it yourself. On the Pearl/Alesis types I can say that the real "metal" ones will not work with both jacks because the bell is a piezo and the 2Box only works with switch for the B input. Pearl and Alesis have had different types of 3 zone rides some newer rubber models have switches for bell and "Might" work.

You need to setup the pad correctly for the Drumit Three. Once the new manual for the Drumit Three is out the new parameters will be explained. In the meantime you can use this as a guideline to setup your pad step by step. Since XRim is not a trigger type choice in the Drumit Three disregard the part referring to that setting. Instead you have LXTR with a Piezo/Piezo pad. LXTR is a setting that is for Xtalk only between the head and rim of the pad you are setting up. On the pads I have setup I am using VHigh for both head and rim, but dif. pads may vary. -47 is almost the lowest Threshold setting possible. I can't say for sure if that is too low since it depends on the specific pad, but that should be checked. The setup sheet I describe steps to setup all the parameters and it might help. J
https://files.secureserver.net/0swlzF9hPW6IC8

Thank you sir, still waiting on your take on the new box. Just wish they would’ve added 2 more cymbal inputs this time instead of having to split zones. Still, I like it so far.

What's to say? It has the same sound quality and capabilities as the D5, more compatibility with other brand pads (and still compatible with 2Box pads) and you really only loose 2 outputs and some buttons that weren't really needed and everything can still be done with the buttons now on the D3. Additionally they fixed that weird EQ thing on the Headphone mix that we could never put our finger on with the D5. And it is priced low .... winner in my book. 

Tom has been pretty busy lately. I went ahead and created a new category for the Drumit Three. So, have fun gang! J

Tom is the one that normally sets up changes for the Forum. I know he has been pretty busy lately so I went ahead and created a board for the Drumit Three. J

Jman.. Above you posted a warning about connecting your 2Box module to a PC after doing the 32GB SD card upgrade..

Does this mean that if you do that upgrade you cannot use the Drumit Manager software from Lustar?. Or can that software read your kit info from your card reader?

The warning is about trying to plug the USB port of the module into a computer after doing the Card Mod. If you read my whole post I already answered your question. Once the Card Mod is done, from then on you just take your card and put that in a card reader on your computer. You can do EVERYTHING that way just like you could previously, and any transferring of files will be faster since you will be using USB II or III .... You can use the 2Box Editor and Drumit Mgr. I do all the time.