Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Pallet.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Erik@D..." <yahoo@d...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > My neighbours are already knocking on the walls because of my 
newly
> > bought dtxpressII. I wonder if its because of the noice it makes
> > (only listening through headphones) or the vibrations from the 
rack
> > and pedals, maybe its better to have a fat carpet under the drums 
or
> > something. Anyone got any ideas ? i would really appreciate it...
> 
> A thick carpet won't help that much, contact noise still gets 
throug.
> I've got a great tip for you that unfortunately takes some 
woodcrafting
> skill. What I did was get some wooden strips (about 5mm thick, six
> centimeters wide and forty centimeters long) and glued a half 
cilinder of
> wood at each end:
> 
>    +-----------------------------------------+
>    +-----------------------------------------+
>    |     |                             |     |
>     \___/                               \___/
> 
> The thickness is chosen in such a way, that the wood is flexible. I 
put one
> of these under each of the four rubber things on which the rack 
stands on
> the floor, and two under each pedal. You won't get any contact noise
> anymore!
> 
> I got the idea when I heared of a drummer who built his acoustic kit 
on
> these wooden crates that are used to transport stuff by forklifts 
(don't=t
> know how they are called exactly).
> 
> Good luck!