Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Scott,

Funny you should mention the high hat thing. I posted about the 
stereo Zenbal a while ago. I absolutely love it as a cymbal for all 
seasons. I expressed my doubt about it, however, as a high hat 
because of its physical design--a relatively slender body between a 
slightly exaggerated raised rim and a large bell. But someone else 
may like it in that application. It's certainly responsive enough. 
I've heard that using stereo rubber pads from other companies 
doesn't really provide much improvement; all rim switches seem to be 
tempermental. One obvious advantage of the Pintech Studio Elite is 
that it's bigger. At least you won't hit your leg as much. I use a 
DrumTech Pole Pad. It's quiet, ultra sensitve, perfectly responsive, 
and versatile to mount--but it ain't no high hat, and it ain't for 
everyone. Unless you find it used, it's expensive, if you can find 
it at all. It's also dual-zone, rather than stereo, which means that 
it must be run in mono if your inputs are exhausted. As usual, Ed 
Morin at Drumbalaya probably has a wealth of information about 
particular pads that he'd be willing to share with you, especially 
if you are serious about buying.

But that brings me to my next point. You've probably been bored to 
tears by my posts about the Visu-lite high hat, which I've tried to 
get the company to make Yamaha-friendly. If it ever happens, the 
cost will exceed your stated budget by 75 to 100%. But I would hope 
that anyone with a Yamaha module who would like to have at least the 
option of using ecymbals on a real high hat stand should contact 
Visu-lite to say so. Though Tom Pickard, or whoever else, probably 
won't answer the phone (almost never) or necessarily your email, if 
enough Yamaha people leave messages that they're interested, maybe 
something will happen. Tom has heard enough from me, and from Walt, 
and he intitially told me that he was willing. Maybe numbers will 
really motivate him.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@y..., "hairytrigger" <artifax@i...> wrote:
> OK, group, here's the deal. I'm ready to get a stereo pad for 
HiHat. 
> The TP80S is out of the question for obvious reasons.
> I am considering a Zenbal. They call it a dual-zone, but I think 
it is 
> stereo? I am also considering a Pintech studio Elite, or even a 
Roland 
> PD7. Any thoughts? I don't want to spend more than about a hundred 
> bucks. But I would like one that works(unlike the TP80S!!!)
> Scott