Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

>Just wondering if you guys are satisfied with your hi-hat pedals.

The thing is surprisingly good, IMO. I was very pessimistic about
it before I actually got it.

It's way too 'light' though. Someone once wrote he'd try to replace
the toy spring with a stiffer one. Did you do it, and was it a success?

>I can't seem to get mine to behave like the real thing (which may
>or may not be the point).  It's either open or closed with no in 
>between. 

I have no such problem. I think there are even at least two levels of
semi-openness (heh) in the thing.

>Sticks...

Maybe it's just my poor ears, but I really can't distinguish any difference
between the sounds different sticks produce on the kit, except in volume
of course. I'm skeptical about sticks making a difference.

>The other day while drumming on my Yammy to kill time before my hockey 
>game (I'm a goalie),  I realized that my hobbies seem to surround me with
>rubber disks.

Hah, good one :)

As for the genius who thought of putting two sounds on the ride cymbal,
the other one a bell sound, and crossfading them: brilliant! This should
have been added to the manual already!