Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Well, I'll tell you, UNH, whenever music played in the house, Cate 
bounced around in the womb like you wouldn't believe. The only other 
thing that she responded to like that was my wife eating M&Ms. But 
she's more into ballet than rock n' roll (except, of course, the 
Beatles, who are worthy of the dance).

--- 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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