Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi DD,

I have been through the Pintech line on my way up the the Real Head
pads, and the Pintech's are a step up from the rubber pads.

The 10" dual zone works great as a snare, and the added bonus is that
you can use it as a second snare or tom, when you upgrade the snare
the next time (right boys and girls?).  As a general comment I find
some of the Pintech pads can have a 'circle of mystery' near the dead
center of the pad, where the underlying trigger housing contacts the
head - it is usually easily tuneable by editing the trigger settings
and head tension.  The rim trigger, being on a completey seperate
input, can be adjusted for its own sensitivity and rejection (as
opposed to rubber pads).  I may know someone that is getting ready to
list one on eBay...

The Pintech 14" is a larger version, and the same comments apply to
both.  I never did try two ply mesh heads on them, I find the single
plys that Pintech (and Roland) use are a little too active for me.

Then, there's the real head pads - what can be said!  The snare is a
12", which is on the smaller end of the size spectrum for snares.  It
requires a stand as it does not have a mounting mechanism.  It has
individual sensitivity controls for the head and rim triggers.  It
feels as sweet as Ed told you - I get all weak knee-ed and dizzy just
thinkin' about it....

Walt
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "decayingdog <decayingdog@y...>"
<decayingdog@y...> wrote:
> hello all... i've had my dtxpress2 for about two months now. i 
> think that its the greatest $1000 that i have ever spent. now that i 
> have fully explored the kit, i would like to experiment with 
> upgrades. i am thinking that i would like to upgrade the snare to 
> something a bit more realistic feeling (compared to an acoustic 
> kit). ideally, i would like to get a real sized snare... one with a 
> tunable mesh head. like the ones on the upper level yamaha 
> kits. has anyone had any experience with a snare upgrade? any 
> recomendations? the pintech stuff looks pretty nifty... how does it 
> cooperate with the dtxpress2's brain? another option would be 
> using an acoustic snare with a silent mesh head and an 
> acoustic drum trigger. has anyone tried that? 
> thanks in advance for the input...