Long
time lurker here...........
Just
curious as to whether the Hart Ecymbals actually make a sound when hit (without
being powered or anything). I looked at a few on ebay and they look like
real cymbals. Might defeat the purpose of playing them in your apartment,
right?
Thanks.
-a
-----Original Message-----
From: emf [mailto:liberatusvirus@...]
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:31 PM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Round versus wedge cymbals
--- 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
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