Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Good point Ed, my mesh snare has a rubber rim on it, as it also is a
seperate trigger as you most probably know. 
However, I did the test and you're right. Hitting the rim (when you 
mean to hit the snare) is louder than hitting the rubber pad.
Playing rimshot on the mesh head rim is not louder than rubber pad.
I still believe mesh heads are far more effective than rubber pads.

I found that tilting the snare slightly more towards myself
eliminates the problem of hitting the rim unintensionally.

Let alone, these are all good tips for those who are new to 
drumming, not just e-drums.




--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Chris . B." <mmhs@> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know how you could think for one minute that the mesh 
head 
> > is louder than rubber??? 
> 
> Chris,
> 
> In a comparison of strikes purely on the heads, mesh is a degree 
> quieter than rubber.  But most drummers also hit the rims on mesh 
> pads, at least from time to time, and they aren't so quiet. Some 
mesh 
> heads offer rubber trim as an option to minimze stray noise; 
> resourceful people often make their own. We've had a number of 
posts 
> through the years describing how to apply the rubber, as well as 
where 
> to buy it.
> 
> Ed
>