Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Scottsman,
Most of us have the stock Yamaha pads (PCY60) and are quite happy with them.
We definitely have some tinkerers on the list who like to build gear (where
do they find the time?) but compared to hard plastic, the rubber pads are
going to be waaaaay better. Good feel, good rebound, good trigger response,
durable, relatively quiet. As others have said, the kick pad can be a bit
noisy, but I liked the idea of playing as loud as possible on an acoustic
kit in the days before getting the rubber pads, and having everyone thank
you profusely for being so quiet after. Excellent psychological tactics.

Don't just take my word for it, go back through the archives or Giles'
website. The DTXpress is definitely not a cheap toy. I recommend going for
it, especially after reading your description of the gear you got. Sounds
like you could use a couple of the Synsonics pads as additional triggers to
expand the DTXpress (toms, cymbals, effects...).

Have fun,
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: scottsman66@... <scottsman66@...>
To: DTXpress@onelist.com <DTXpress@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 1:58 PM
Subject: [DTXpress] I need some help!!!!!! aaahhhhhh!!!!!!


>From: scottsman66@...
>
>
>  I bought som older sysnsonics drum pads and the stands from som kid for a
hundred bucks.
>I like the size of the pads but I don't know about the responsivness? I
looked inside
>and the piezo unit is taped to a round peice of wood inside that makes up
the shape of the drum...hmmmmm?????
>also the pads are made out of extreemly brittle plastic that cracks easy.
>
>I wanted to buy a drum brain to go with these pads but I realized that it
would cost the same to just buy the whole dtxpress
>kit with every thing brand new.
>900 bucks is pretty cheap for the whole kit with every thing.(price of a
cheap computer)
>somtimes I just get frusterated and want to buy new equiptment and at that
price it seems phesable.
>
>although I read on here that a lot of people recomend just geting the brain
or replacing most of the factory componants
>with better more reliable ones.
>I know about logiztix pads but that is just my point.... are yamaha factory
pads that lame that one would definatly
>want to look for other pad options????
>
>what should I do????
>
>and it dosn't help that I live in a one horse town where my local music
store has no e-drums to demo before I buy.
>duuhh...what are e-drums?
>
>thanks guys...
>
>the scottsman
>
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