Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Antman,

You've put your finger on something. The Yamaha sounds are all 
supposedly sampled, but in the case of the cymbals, you'd never know 
it. As good as many of the DTXpress's drum sounds are, the cymbals 
seem to lag far behind (though I like the crashes much better than 
the rides). The reason for the difference may be that Yamaha 
manufactures drums but not cymbals. The sounds have to come from 
somewhere, but where? Wouldn't the company have to pay a licensing 
fee if it sampled, say, Zildjian or Paiste products? Enough said. 
Mediocre cymbal sounds seem to be the outcome. What do you get when 
you layer two mediocre cymbal sounds--one as half as mediocre or one 
twice as mediocre? Okay, I'm being harsh to make a point. The 
situation isn't all that bad. I agree with Scott about layering. I 
leave the crashes alone and layer the rides. I haven't tried Scott's 
idea; it sounds promising. I usually layer two related sounds to get 
a stronger version. The resulting ride definitely sounds better when 
other instruments are playing; in a vaccuum, it still doesn't 
sound . . . beautiful.


Ed
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "antmandrums" <ahr33@h...> wrote:
> has anybody stumbled across any real good combinations when 
layering 
> cymbals.i love the drum sounds when layered,but not that impressed 
> with cymbals/hihats.as far as hihats i normally use the'mu' setand 
> the 'dw'.does any one know if the cymbal sounds on the ARE 
actually 
> taken from REAL cymbals? thanx to all who reply,antman