Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> Hello... I recently purchased a DTXpress 3 to practice
> in my apartment. But I soon found out that kick pad
> makes a lot of noise and vibration to be used
> comfortably (causes unhappy neigbhors)  .  the
> acoustic sound of snare&tom pads are tolerable, but
> I'm thinking of replacing the kick pad with a mesh pad
> to eliminate the noise problem. Does anyone have any
> knwoledge on which (mesh) pads are compatible with
> DTXpress 3 ??  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I just asked the same thing and no-one really knows. I did end up
looking at some Roland triggers and there seems to be a range of
mechanisms, one of which might make less noise.

I was looking here
<http://www.achamilton.co.uk/drums/KickTrigger.htm>, I haven't the
faintest clue how the KD7 works, for instance, but it might make less
noise.

My Yamaha supplier wouldn't vouch for a Roland part, and ACHamilton,
being Roland suppliers, wouldn't vouch for their part triggering a
Yamaha brain. U just need to try one, I guess.

J