qiestion on the tones on the e-trac

[Johnny]

Are the tones about the same on the e-trac like on the SE . Like liked the very high tone on the SE on silver , just want to see in the e-trac did the same???

 

[Arturo de Zorro]

The conduct mode can be adjusted to sound like the SE but in the ferrous mode it will not adjust to a high tone like the SE and that is what many user awere complaining about so maybe the E-Trac 2 model that will come out in two years will have the ferrous high tone. In wet soil the ferrous high tone does better in the SE or older Explorer.. happy trails 2 U ..

 

[Nick A]

I set up my E-Trac to sound just like my SE. I only use conductive sounds. I can switch from one to the other and they sound 99% identical.

 

[McNickle]

My buddy told me that in order to make the ET silver sound like silver sounds on the SE silver.....You have to adjust the threshold pitch from 15 up to 19,and they will sound the same..............He was right. H.H.

 

[gibsondan]

My buddy told me that in order to make the ET silver sound like silver sounds on the SE silver.....You have to adjust the threshold pitch from 15 up to 19,and they will sound the same..............He was right. H.H.

Thanks for that info, McNickel. I always wondered how to do that.

 

[jeff & Maria]

n/t

 

[Nick A]

Before I even got the E-Trac, I read Andy's book and translated the settings I had on the SE into E-Trac settings, so the first thing I did was make those adjustments. (The SE to E-Trac is a slightly easier translation/transition than say, an XS). Andy's book explaining all the settings made it easy to figure out what settings translated over, what was new, and what equated to what. I don't have that list handy, but if you write down all the settings for the Explorer, then make a column for the E-Trac, you can pretty much fill in the blanks, and compare one to the other (and taking account the changes in numerical scale for some*) that should do the trick. Threshold pitch is one, variable tones, recovery fast/deep, volume limits and gain, etc. My Explorer won't be set up like your Explorer, so this is something you have to do on your own so that your E-Trac sounds like your Explorer, not like mine. The most important settings are your audio settings, the others are preference, such as sensitivity, etc.

The list would look something like this:

E-Trac Setting Explorer Setting
Thresh Level
Vol Limit
Vol Gain
Response
# Tones
Sounds
Variability
Limits
Thresh Pitch

Recover Deep
Recover Fast
Trash Dens
Ground
Noise Cxl

Cond/Fer Sounds

* The ranges change for these settings:
Exp E-Trac
Vol Gain 1-10 1-30
Vol Limit 0-10 0-30
Variability 1-10 1-30
Limits 1-10 1-30

So for example, if you had these settings on your Explorer:

Gain 7
Vol Limit 10
Var 10
Limit 6

They would be equivalent to these on the E-Trac (multiply the Explorer setting values by 3):

Gain 21
Vol Limit 30
Var 30
Limit 18