Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Welch" <jay@s...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am sure this has been discussed many times before so forgive 
me.   I am thinking about an alternative to the dtxpress snare.    I 
feel like I am destroying my wrist on the dtxpess snare.   I was 
wondering if the pintech pads are more forgiving when you strike 
them.  Also is there a alternative to the high hat pad?   Since these 
are the two pads strike most I figure replacing these two would be 
sufficient.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jay
Jay,

I have a concertcast, I find it a bit spongy, so it feels a bit 
unresponsive to play, I also have some of the roland pads which use a 
2 layer mesh head, they give a lovely crisp response. I have a roland 
head on a cheesy 8" tom with an acoustic trigger and it plays well 
and feels the same as a pukka roland pad but cheaper. You could 
always try a roland head on the pintech pad. The only other thing is 
volume, if you hit a real snare hard the sound pressure level is 
huge, you can feel it on your chest, you will never achive that with 
headphons (and you shouldnt try) so if you can monitor through a 
decent set of spekers with the volume tuned up, I find I don't hit so 
hard.

Cheers
Adz