Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, frank celauro <fjcelauro@y...> wrote:
> thanks again man, but do the rloland's have it?  i dont think do 
right?

The Roland meshes have foam columns; Roland was the first major 
company to use them. Pintechs began as Roland-compatibles. They are 
made in Rolands' image, and Pintech pays Roland a licensing fee to 
make its own woven heads for use with a center-mounted, foam-based 
piezo. Even though most mesh pads are in the Roland style, they do not 
all trigger the same way. Most of the modules on the market have 
enough sensitivity control to handle whatever users throw at them. 
Although Yamaha modules are a little sensitivity-challenged with other 
companies' pads, they can accommodate many of the simple ones fairly 
well. But certain piezo placements in other companies' components 
don't allow enough signal on Yamaha's terms, a few of them 
incorrigibly. The Pintechs require flipping the DIP switch to boost 
the signal, but unfortunately past the middle ground. Hence, the pot. 
It's entirely possible that the Yamaha module will be more forgiving a 
Roland mesh head (though probably not the rim), but IMO the price is 
prohibitive.