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Re: [DTXpress] Famous Kick Problem

2001-05-08 by Mark T. Owen

Have no fear!� It's not a bad habit...but rather a valid choice, like heel-toe or ball-of -the-foot bass drum technique. I have only experienced the problem when I have been less than solid in driving� the� bass drum beater to the pad. It double triggers IF it bounces... and an acoustic bass drum sounds crappy if the beater bounces too, right??.

Now about your Hi Hat: be sure the "stereo " cable is to the pedal, not the pad. ("mono " cable goes to the pad.) You didn't say what was wrong exactly... but it seems this has been a minor issue for other new owners. Check out the "tips and tricks" for acheiving custom kits that sound quite a bit better than stock Yamaha settings..

Best of luck and enjoy!

ziv.elven@... wrote:

When I get my kit, have I got reason to be scared of the
ever-so-often-mentioned Kick pad double triggering problem?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that this problem comes
from a regular bad habit among drummers, where the drummer buries the
beater into the drum head rather than letting it bounce right off.
This would obviously be more evident with a hard kick pad like the
KP-60 than a conventional acoustic bassdrumhead that's usually
loosely tuned.

So, am I right??


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