Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "John Spokus" <whistlingtk@...> wrote:
> 
> The dual zone cymbal pad is sort of weird though,seems kind of 
> unpredictable what you are going to get when you hit it. It seems to 
> respond more to velocity than the area that I'm hitting as far as 
> which sound it produces. I'll try it as a crash with the stereo cable 
> and see if I like that better.

I don't seem to get any subtlety out of the cymbal edge - I whack it
hard and program it as a nice loud cymbal edge sound.  My work on the
DTXpander has shown that some of the insensitivity on the rims of the
two zone pads is due to the module itself, not the pad.

> 
> Back to the snare, given the fact that the pads are as small as they 
> are, you have to stay really focused on the area you hit to get the 
> sound you want, very easy to cross over into the wrong territory.
> It's not such a problem when you are doing a basic, snare, hi-hat, 
> bass beat. But when it comes to going into a roll from the snare to 
> the rack toms, it's easy to hit the side stick area, which can sound 
> a little messy.

I must admit I have had a TP100 on a snare stand for a while now, so I
don't find that a problem. 

Keith.