Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Richard,

I sold my old pearl kit and bought a dtxpress for the same reason, 
heres my 2p.

To play e drums live you need a decent amp/speaker set up, if only 
for yourself and other band members to here whats going on, so you 
need to budget for that as well ( or keep your accoustic set )

Have you tried putting mesh heads on your kit? they are cheap and 
realy do cut the sound down whilst still giving the same feel. You 
can then put triggers on the drums and just buy the dtxpress brain.

I have a practice kit made from 8 inch toms with mesh heads and 
triggers, its quieter than the yamaha rubber pads. and the feel is 
better 

You MUST go and play e drums before you get them, even if its a long 
journey. Give them a good thrashing and be critical, it's easy to be 
taken in by the brilliant bright sounds and not think about how you 
are playing. Compare with the roland and ddrum kits if you can.


I don't regret selling my accoustic kit at all, I practice a lot more 
now ( because I can , at 11pm with the rest of the familly asleep ) 
The live sound is awesome (with decent speakers) and I love all the 
different sounds.

hope this helps
Adam



--- In DTXpress@y..., daftasabrushything@y... wrote:
> Hi you guys,
>  
> I been learning for only a year now and my kit is too just loud for 
> me to practice properly, neighbours, kids etc... I've been 
> recommended a Yamaha electronic kit as a good method of learning 
> quietly, but it's a lot of money even with trading in my old 
Premier 
> kit. Can anyone out there give me some confidence that I'm doing 
the 
> right thing. I want to play live eventually, but sooner rather than 
> later.
>  
> Richard