The Yamaha pads are pretty good, as rubber coated pads go... I chose to build my own pads because I have played rubber coated pads before ( some years ago I admit ) and suffered from wrist pain after long sessions. I realy liked the mesh head pads, but I couldn't justify the huuge price tag of the Rolands or the inconvenience of importing Pintech. So I have built my own "drum head" pads. Like the old Ddrum pads, they use real drum heads stretched over foam to give the feel of a real drum, but of course they don't. Because I built my own pads, I don't mind that they feel alot harder than real drums. You get what you pay for in the end, but you're not paying for the functional pads, most of the cost of electronic pads comes from development and packaging costs. I would suggest that you should "try before you buy", it may be hard, but can you afford to blow cash on stuff you haven't played? ---------- From: scottsman66@... Sent: 12 February 2000 21:57 To: DTXpress@onelist.com 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 --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 2.9 percent Intro or 9.9 percent Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/NextcardCreative4 ">Click Here</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Community email addresses: Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com Subscribe: DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com Unsubscribe: DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com List owner: DTXpress-owner@onelist.com Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress [This message contained attachments]
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RE: I need some help!!!!!! aaahhhhhh!!!!!!
2000-02-14 by Hubble, Andrew John