Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "sjadav" <sjadav@...> wrote:
>
> I currently own a DTXplorer and want to upgrade the snare to a 2 zone
> mesh pad.  Have heard a lot of good things about the one made by 
Koby.
>  Does anyone have any experience of these?
> 
> Ta
> 
> Sonny
>

Around the time when Sherpa sent me their snare to review, I thought 
that it might be a good idea to review a Koby product as well. Koby 
was still a new company and relatively difficult to engage. I 
subsequently heard favorable comments from a few people in the UK. The 
traditional problem with mesh pads and Yamaha electronics, however, is 
that even though they collaborate to make noise, the dynamics aren't 
always wide enough for everyone's liking, mainly because Yamaha 
doesn't incorporate the requisite sensitivity settings into its 
modules for mesh pads. The reason that Yamaha doesn't do mesh is long 
and involved, but suffice it to say that Roland won that particular 
battle. When this group had a closer relationship with Pintech, 
Pintech flirted with the idea of fitting a sensitivity control on its 
ConcertCast pads to help mate with the DTX modules, but a change of 
direction seemed to kill that plan. Koby's personnel are apparently 
quite accessible. You might ask if they've tried their snares with 
Yamaha equipment. Keith has a Pintech; he'll be glad to tell you how 
it works. Years ago, I found Pintechs ran very hot through the 
DTXpress, making softer sounds almost impossible to get without 
inserting a pot somewhere in line.

Ed