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Re: [DTXpress] Re: Which round e-cymbals work well with the Yamaha?

2003-04-29 by Jade

UN.H-
Been away from the 'puter, been working a lot this
past week...I think Ed answered your question about
Visu-lites.  They REALLY do sound better-it's gotta be
better quality piezos plus the design.  The best way I
can describe it is that the cymbals sound more clear
and crisp.  
Jade
--- underneathheaven <realvast@...> wrote:
> lol, Jade they sound better? :)  How does it sound
> better?
> 
> -UN.H
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Jade
> <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > UNH-
> > VISULITES! VISULITES! VISULITES!....It may seem
> > strange, but they seem to sound better too!  I
> will be
> > getting the HH cymbals as soon as I can save up
> enough
> > to get them.
> > Jade
> > --- liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > > UNH,
> > > 
> > > Given all the years that we've known each other,
> my
> > > answer probably 
> > > won't come as a surprise: Visu-lites--rides,
> > > crashes, and hats. 
> > > Here's my ranking from worse to best: Hart ride
> > > (poor tracking and 
> > > volume), although the crashes through Yamaha
> > > supposedly work fine 
> > > (ask Walt and Sam); Roland CY-6 (a little thin
> and
> > > finicky, though 
> > > all stereo cymbals seem at least a bit
> unreliable);
> > > the Yamaha 
> > > wedges; Pintech Zenbal (primarily the stereo
> version
> > > used as two 
> > > crashes--the bow is too narrow, and the rim too
> > > pronounced, to suit 
> > > me as a ride, though I'll bet that the mono
> Zenbal
> > > would make a good 
> > > ride); finally, the Visu-lites, which are a
> > > revelation. Ask Jade 
> > > about them, too. Please take my view with a
> grain of
> > > salt; e-
> > > cymbals, like everything else in electronic
> > > drumming, have an 
> > > element of personal taste, but, in general, I'd
> say
> > > that e-cymbals 
> > > are the most problematical triggers, especially
> the
> > > stereo ones. 
> > > Until I tried the Visu-lites, I was resigned to
> a
> > > certain amount of 
> > > unreliabiity. Not anymore.
> > > 
> > > Ed
> > > 
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com,
> "underneathheaven"
> > > <realvast@s...> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > I've seen people discuss Roland cymbals,
> Pintech,
> > > and Zenbals but 
> > > > somewhere along the way I didn't pick up which
> > > worked the best 
> > > with 
> > > > Yamaha.  I'm not talking which one works good
> or
> > > ok with the 
> > > > dtxpress, I want one that functions properly
> all
> > > the time.  (The 
> > > > actual round e-cymbals.)  Thanks for repeating
> the
> > > information!
> > > > 
> > > > -UN.H
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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