Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks for the information Rolf. Yeah, the kickpad is very noisy. I have the 
DTX KP80S kickpad and same problem...very noisy...I can't understand why 
Yamaha designed pad like this. The pad on the ground would be more better to 
play. And for the double bass players(as for me) I must buy a second pad 
because the area is too small for double pedal...that sucks! Other pads are 
ok...but kick is very poor and doesn't react like real one..very much 
vibration also and the rubber used is too hard. If there are any engineers 
from Yamaha reading this forum...redesign the kick pad with more area for 
the rubber with softer material and place the pads on the ground, not on the 
height on two feet!

Jarmo

>From: "Rolf Baehr" <rbaehr@...>
>Reply-To: DTXpress@egroups.com
>To: DTXpress@egroups.com
>Subject: [DTXpress] Noisy kick pad
>Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 07:16:50 PDT
>
>Ah yes, the noisy Yamaha Kick pad.....
>
>IMHO, the kick pad is the one weak link in the DTXpress set.  After 
>fighting
>with quality problems with mine, and finding the thing totally annoying, I
>went and bought an S&S Stealth kick pad.  You can see them at:
>
>http://www.triggerperfect.com/ssindex.htm
>
>They're small, very quiet, and play much better than the "hard as a brick"
>Yamaha pad.  The thing that makes them more comfortable to play and much
>quieter, is the composition of the pad.  If you look at the picture at the
>above site, you'll notice the tall round pad that the inverted striker 
>hits.
>   It has the feel and consistency of something like Silly Putty, or those
>things that you buy at the store that you squeeze for stress relief.  So 
>not
>only are they quiet, but they're much easier on the leg because it absorbs
>alot of the shock.  With the Yamaha, you really feel every stroke vibrating
>up your leg.  I don't experience the leg fatigue that I did with the Yamaha
>pad.
>
>Hope that helps... at least go check one out.  I believe that it's the
>answer to alot of folks problems with the Yamaha kick pad.  Hey, at least
>your old one will make a good paper weight!
>
>Rolf
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