Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I don't know what it would cost in cash, aggravation, and compromise 
to get a crossbar and rig up a TP 60 pad to it. It might be just the 
ticket. But Drum Tech makes a great kick pad--called, oddly enough, 
the Kick Pad--which, IMHO, is a vast improvement on rubber kick 
triggers, at least in my experience. It's still pricey at most 
places, if you can find it at all ($229 list when it first came out, 
though reduced, I think, to $177 or so of late). But it is a round 
10 inch pad on a very sturdy metal frame. The pad has been designed 
especially for kick purposes; it doesn't feel like a pad for stick 
play. I managed to get one as a close-out for $100, and I haven't 
looked back since. It's at least a little cheaper than the high 
end Roland and Pintechs, and you don't have to worry about replacing 
heads. You can find a review of it on the Drum Tech website, and 
Alternate Mode carries it in their store, if I'm not mistaken. 

--- In DTXpress@y..., "mlosabia.rm" <mlosabia@r...> wrote:
> Guitar Center here in Austin has the Pintech single- and dual-zone 
> pads on sale here for $59 this month.  They've ordered some over 
> from the Houston store for me, so I'll be hooking those up here 
very 
> shortly. (Yay!)
> 
> Meanwhile, I've been contemplating using and old pad for the kick 
> like someone here suggested.  The only thing is that I've got the 
> old-style rack system that didn't have the additional crossbar.  
It 
> may be even cheaper to go out and get that, or a piece of a rack 
> rather than investing more money in a stand-alone trigger.  I 
really 
> liked the feel and response of the Roland V-Drum PD120, but the 
damn 
> thing alone costs $400.
> 
> Once again, thanks to all the members here posting some excellent, 
> useful information and tips.