Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Did you all put headphones and play music over the womb while your 
wives were pregnant?  I heard that produces instant rock stars!  
Just look at me, I was born with a mini cocktail kit!


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Creighton,
> 
> What's odd for me is that my daughter missed my heavy musical 
years. 
> I tried without much success to hunt down some of the tapes of 
> concerts and sessions that I did back in the Dark Ages. I never 
> thought about them much at the time, and now it seems a little sad 
> that Cate won't know that part of my history, especially since, 
for 
> some strange reason, she is an enormous fan of the Beatles. 
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins" 
> <creighton@l...> wrote:
> > good lord ed-
> > I feel bad cause I'm 52 and my youngest is 10. Sometimes we just 
> put 1 foot
> > in front of the other , move forward and hope for the best. I do 
> stay on top
> > of their school performance tho- because scholarships are 
> essential. So far
> > the kids have not let me down. The plus side is that I think us 
> older guys
> > make great dads. 4-year-olds are great and there is something 
> special about
> > little girls and their dads. Sadly none of mine seem to get the 
> drum thing-
> > ah well.
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@y...]
> >   Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:14 PM
> >   To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> >   Subject: [DTXpress] Re: KP60 inovative fix?
> > 
> > 
> >   Creighton,
> > 
> >   I'm the 52-year-old proud father of a girl who's turning four 
> next
> >   month. What do you think I'll be paying for her college 
> education?
> >   My estimate is roughly $7.000.000 per year, that is, if she 
gets 
> a
> >   scholarship.
> > 
> >   Ed
> > 
> >   --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "creighton_higgins"
> >   <creighton@l...> wrote:
> >   > Hey Ed
> >   > Actually- 1 complete, 1 finishes this spring and 2 more to 
go.
> >   Good
> >   > idea on the rubber layer. I am enjoying the response of the 
> pad-
> >   > wonder how it will feel? I'll let you know soon as I can 
raise 
> the
> >   > money for a couple inches of double-sided tape.---
> >   >
> >   >  In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"
> >   <liberatusvirus@y...>
> >   > wrote:
> >   > > Creighton,
> >   > >
> >   > > Nice ingenuity. You have two kids in college? How on earth 
> did
> >   you
> >   > > ever afford the Remo practice pad? Is there any 
possibility 
> of
> >   > > covering the pad with a thin layer of rubber, say, from a 
> mouse
> >   pad
> >   > > to cut down on the noise?
> >   > >
> >   > > Ed
> >   > >
> >   > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "creighton_higgins"
> >   > > <creighton@l...> wrote:
> >   > > > I have been one of the folks moaning about problems with 
> the
> >   KP60
> >   > > > which shipped with the original DTXpress. Current
> >   circunstances
> >   > > have
> >   > > > prohibited me from replacing it with something excellent-
> >   (kids
> >   > in
> >   > > > college, etc.).
> >   > > >
> >   > > > This weekend when the leads disintegrated on the piezzo 
for
> >   the
> >   > > third
> >   > > > time I built a trigger pad based on a Remo tunable 
practice
> >   pad.
> >   > > > (just like many of the DIY articles show.)I removed the 
> rubber
> >   > > > striking surface from the kick tower and installed the 
> Remo. I
> >   am
> >   > > > finding that my double triggers are gone, that I have 
much
> >   more
> >   > > > dynamic range, and that the pad feels much 
more "natural" 
> than
> >   > the
> >   > > > rubber block. The pad is, however, much louder than the
> >   original
> >   > > and
> >   > > > maybe projects 1/2" or so closer to the beater than the
> >   original.
> >   > > >
> >   > > > If anyone is interested, I'll take some pictures of the 
> setup
> >   and
> >   > > > will let you know how it endures.
> > 
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