Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

andypfau said:
> I recently purchased a DTXPRESS II set. I love it (especially
> living in an apartment), but I find that after a little while my
> right hand becomes extremely sore, <snip>

I had similar problems and found doing the following helped:

1) Use LIGHT sticks. I use very light jazz sticks. They have less mass to
rebound into your hand making less kinetic energy for your hand to
absorb. They are also quieter when striking the pads so you're SO (if you
have one) won't be annoyed hearing "tika-toka-tika-tika-Damn!
tika-tika-tok-tinka-tak-Damn!" all night long.. :)

2) Crank up your headphones. If you're hitting harder to try and get
"more" out of a shot, crank up the volume to a point where hitting REAL
hard comes close to hurting your ears. When this happens, you tend to
back off "naturally". In a live situation with an acoustic set, you tend
to match your playing volume to surrounding musicians. If you crank up
the phones you tend to back off on the pressure to "blend" with the music
rather than overpowering it.

Lastly, you could ditch the gum-rubber and go for mesh heads... I haven't
doen that, but others have.

Thats about all I can come up with. :)

Vern

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