Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Nah- just attached a subwoofer to the bedframe. Now my kids only 
listen to hiphop.


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven" <realvast@s...> 
wrote:
> 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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