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HI,
I get a strange bounce with almost every kick. Anyone faced any problem like this? any solutions or what should I tweak?
Regards,
Lawrence

Dampen it with foam.

dmitri wrote:Dampen it with foam.

Dmitri,
Thanks for the suggestion...
Please see pic attached...
Do I need to put in one more layer?
Regards,
Lawrence

Sorry, Lawrence, I was really semi-joking, hinting at the lack of detailed description of the problem.
On the topic, I'm not the best person to suggest anything about building DIY pads/cymbals. Hope somebody with experience will help you.

Kick "bounce" can be traced to a rattle somewhere in your rack/drumtrigger. You only notice it when you use kick drum since footpedal hits drumhead harder than drumstick. Increasing value of retrigger can help. This is last resort because large values of retrigger drops notes. Best fix is to make your rack/drumtrigger more solid. That is one reason that I am switching from practice pad triggers to A to E triggers. Also, putting kick drum on separate stand that is not part of drum rack helps.

kupooglop wrote: Also, putting kick drum on separate stand that is not part of drum rack helps.

Kupooglop - thanks... I put it on a seperate stand and it helped but not fully. The cross talk problem that I had got solved but the strange kick problem persisted and upon reading the troubleshooting section from YAMAHA DTXPRESS IV manual found that even when there is a too large a signal can create a double trigger.. reduced the gain in MD and still I guess it was too high and so I used a pot and tuned it to perfection... .

Regards,
Lawrence