Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@k...> wrote:
> 
> Ed,
> 
> Having never played real drums I guess "realistic" is not really 
what
> I am after!  I have been playing the TP65 as a hi-hat for a while
> which seems fine, but as I now progress to using the ride a lot more
> it is a bit of a shock.  I guess whacking a piece of tin would be as
> well :-)

Realistic might not be what you're after now, but if you ever spent 
some time with a quality acoustic cymbal, realism might become your 
holy grail. The feel of the stick on a metal cymbal and the rebound, 
when played without undue force and at least a semblance of good 
technique, has a gentility and grace about it that makes the rubber 
pads seem positively ungainly when used as a substitute. Rubber just 
doesn't have the touch, regardless of how sensitive the electronics 
are. If hitting something to make percussive sounds is the only goal, 
your preference for soft rubber is as good as anyone's. If trying to 
duplicate an acoustic drumming experience, with similar response, 
approximating metal cymbals is an important part of the deal. I find 
the higher-end Yamaha and Roland rubber cymbals fine to play, but I 
much prefer either Hart's metal ride, Smartrigger's full range of 
metal cymbals--which I haven't tried yet but will in time--and Visu-
lite's acrylics. But maybe you have to be an old geezer who played 
acoustic drums for 35 years to have this opinion.  

Ed