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Great! I've sent you a PM....

Are you in the UK?
If so send me a PM, I think I've got one i could sell cheaply (I'm at work so i cant check until later)

So I'm currently on:

Crash Cymbals
Type Cym12
Gain 6M
Threshold -48
Crosstalk Medium
Curve Normal

Ride Cymbal
Type Cym12
Gain 8M
Threshold -48
Crosstalk Medium
Curve Normal

But looking at my last backup, I was previously on:

Crash Cymbals
Type CyPSV
Gain 6M
Threshold -48
Crosstalk Medium
Curve Normal

Ride Cymbal
Type CyPSV
Gain 12L
Threshold -48
Crosstalk Medium
Curve Normal

Like I say - each time I play I seem to adjust them (sometimes quite a lot)……

Be good to get some ideas what others are using.....

Just wondering what cymbal trigger settings you are using on d5 running 1.32?
It appears we now have the CyPSV trigger type which is listed in the d3 manual as the correct type for the 2Box cymbals. But there is still a Cym12 in there (but not Cym14)
Has the PSV option replaced the Cym14 type?
Is that what we should be using for the normal 2Box cymbals?

If anyone is willing to share their actual trigger settings for 2Box cymbals as well (gain, threshold etc) that would also be useful.
Every time i sit down to play i end up changing the settings, and I'm not sure if I'm making it better or worse each time!
(I'm at work at the moment, so i cant put my settings up, but i will do later)
Thanks!

I believe the USB mode won't work if you are using the 32gb SD card mod - you should remove the card and insert it into a card reader on your PC/laptop....

Thanks,
Mine is Mk2.....
Tried a black Evans bass drum patch on it yesterday and that made it louder, so that came off again straight away!
Just read some posts about using moleskin patches so ordered some of that to try first (it's cheap!).
If that isn't successful then I'll look at some alternative beaters....

Try these:
http://www.2box-forum.com/index.php/topic,897.msg8723.html#msg8723
http://www.2box-forum.com/index.php/topic,897.0.html

I know there are many comments about the 2Box HiHats and how good (or not) they are.
Mostly, I'm happy with mine so far, but I've found some odd behaviour and I want to check if this is 'normal'.
I don't think it's a calibration issue (but please correct me if I'm wrong).
I'm using Groove_15_HiHat off the default 'Live' kit on the D5.

I can get 3 or 4 different samples by moving the pedal (closed, 1/4 open, 1/2 open, fully open etc)
But as far as I can tell, the only thing that 'mutes' an open HiHat sample is the pedal closed action (i.e. HH pedal fully depressed). I can play a fully open sample, and then close the pedal slightly and play 1/2 open samples (while the fully open sample continues to 'ring'). If I'm careful with my foot I can actually get the pedal down enough to play closed HiHat samples while the open HiHat sample is still playing. This leads to a fairly unnatural sound.
On older electronic drums (and drum machines), open and closed hihat sounds would be in a 'mute group' so that one automatically stops the other.
It seems that the D5 is relying purely on the pedal closed action to stop the other samples?

Can anyone confirm if this is 'normal', something that can be adjusted by settings somewhere, or perhaps a problem I've caused by modifying my hihat pad??

Thanks

I agree the site download is not very user friendly... I merged in a few of the downloads with my sound library, so I don't have them to hand easily.

It might be worth contacting JMan on here - I know he keeps an up to date compilation of all available sounds for his 32Gb conversion kit.
@JMan - i know you must spend some time compling the library of sounds and keeping it up to date. There may be some people on here that would be prepared to pay a modest fee to get a well organised library in one download without having to trawl all the various download links?

Yep - that sounds about right.
Based on Anders post above, that process may reset your trigger settings back to default.
I don't see any reason why you shouldn't just copy over the OS .bin only first, and try that. If it works OK then you can leave all your existing trigger settings in place.
At the end of the day, it's all just files on the SD card - as long as you have backups of previous versions, you always 'roll back' if the outcome is unexpected or unwanted.

Thanks Anders!
I assumed the trigger settings were in the dkit file - that's good to know....

Looking at options for a quieter kick drum beater.... (to reduce impact noise on the head etc.)
I know Thomann sell the proper 2Box beaters
https://www.thomann.de/gb/2box_drumit_five_bass_drum_beater.htm
How quiet are the tennis ball type beaters on the 2Box kick pad?
I know Thomann used to do their own Orange versions of these, but it looks like they are discontinued 
There are some on eBay, but quite expensive:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1x-T-Drum-Tennisball-Beater-Bassdrum-Schlagel-Triggerball/253809103118
Not sure if these Cajon beaters are the same thing?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vic-Firth-Vickick-Beaters-Cajon-Bass-Beater/332761868642

Also found this on eBay - anyone ever tried a 'silicone' beater??
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silicone-Bass-Drum-Beater-Hammer-for-Drum-Set-Percussion-Instrument-Orange/372359525707

G4M sell a Roland one that appears to be designed to be quiet:
https://www.gear4music.com/Drums-and-Percussion/Roland-Kick-Drum-Practice-Beater/2BXC
Anyone tried that?

Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated....

Pick up a second hand Drumit5 and you get 6 outputs plus Headphones which can be used as another 2 - giving 8
That's potentially; kick, snare, stereo toms, hihat, ride, stereo crash cymbals / percussion

Yep - that's all you need to do. The Drumit automatically loads the latest OS (and I think there's a button you can press on boot up to allow you to select an older one if you need to - but you can just delete the OS from the card anyway).

I renamed the old dcfg file 'just in case' - but you could just overwrite it.....

Thanks for the confirmation Deve
Absolutely understand and agree with keeping the system as simple as possible.

I can work round this quite easily; it is so useful to be able to confirm that these things are 'normal' and not either a problem with my unit or something I am doing wrong.

To be honest, if that's the worst 'fault' I can find in the product, then it really is very, very good