Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I highly recommend drumbalaya.com...Ed and Charlotte
are great folks!  They can help you decide what you
might need to go with your kit...they respond to
emails FAST...so you can email them.
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Jade
--- KLX Racer <klxracer@...> wrote:
> Cheers for that, looks like my mind is made up!! 
> The versatility of 
> the electric kit certainly did appeal and I must
> admit that after 
> selling my Tama kit late last year I kept all of my
> cymbals, so I 
> have a bunch of Zildjians (3 crashes, a splash, a
> china, and a ride) 
> at home which I could easily mount up for a live
> situation.
> 
> Oh well, time to hit the shopping button I guess -
> any suggestions 
> for where I can find the best price.  I am in
> Australia but have 
> relatives in the continental US whom I normally use
> for getting gear 
> in the USA.
> 
> KLXracer
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven"
> <realvast@s...> 
> wrote:
> > Hey KLX!  Most of the reasons you mentioned for
> purchasing an 
> > electronic kit were the same as mine. 
> Particularly being able to 
> > play with headphones, along to external music, and
> a sick amount 
> of 
> > sounds that are able to be manipulated causing a
> stand still in 
> any 
> > current social life you have.  Electronic drums
> are easy to record 
> > with, easy to transport, excellent to practice
> with, and fun to 
> play 
> > gigs with.  I think a monster electronic set with
> three or so 
> > modules and a ton of extra pads and cymbals looks
> pretty cool.  
> The 
> > audience will be impressed too.  Or they won't
> even know what the 
> > hell your playing on.  If your worried about looks
> why don't you 
> > throw in some real cymbals or something?  Besides
> its not about 
> > shiny oak drums, its about music, its about what
> you play.  No 
> ones 
> > gonna care about a crappy drummer on an awesome
> looking set.  
> > Besides I have a user defined kit I call "chick
> magnet" for 
> obvious 
> > reasons.  Can acoustic drums do that? :)
> > 
> > - UN.H
> > 
> > 
> > P.S. I love acoustic drums too.
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "KLX Racer"
> <klxracer@y...> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > I am currently looking at purchasing a DTXpress
> II kit following 
> > > many years playing acoustic drums.  My reasons
> for going 
> electric:
> > > 
> > > - I live in an apartment complex, acoustic drums
> just aren't 
> > > feasible any longer
> > > - Practise with headphones and not annoy my
> wife!
> > > - Easy to record and jam with the rest of the
> band quietly at 
> home.
> > > - Multiple drum sounds
> > > - Small and light, easily transported to gigs
> etc.
> > > 
> > > We play mostly rock / hard rock, and are looking
> to use the kit 
> > for 
> > > jamming, practise, some home recording, and some
> small gigs.  Is 
> > > there anybody else in a similar situation who
> could offer 
> > feedback / 
> > > assurance that I am going the right way?
> > > 
> > > The only downsides I can see are that it does
> not have the 
> > aesthetic 
> > > appeal of a fullsize acoustic kit, and it does
> not have the raw 
> > > acoustic sound (or does it?).
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > KLXracer
> 
> 


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