Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ed, how come you don't play double bass?  I'm not sure I would have 
bought an electronic set if I could not double bass on it.  Its 
something I've wanted to since I was five.

- UN.H


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Ed,
> 
> I'm not a double bassist, so my interest is purely academic. But 
the 
> idea sounds great; not until recently did I realize that the 
planet 
> had so many e-drummers with two kick pedals. My 2 cents is that 
one 
> of the advantages of electronics is that something like a hat-drop 
> tool could go anywhere, in any form, on the rack. You could 
reserve 
> the "lever" for the Visu-lite. At any rate, it would seem to be 
yet 
> another feather in Drumabalaya's cap, whatever its incarnation.
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "wb7ubd" <edm@p...> wrote:
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "b3n1981" <b3n1981@y...> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > Im usin my mapex dbl bass pedal. Is there any way to simulate 
a 
> hi 
> > hat drop tool (so 
> > > that when i wanna double bass, i can hit something and the hi 
> hat 
> > pad is always 
> > > closed till i need it again)
> > > 
> > > The only way ive found is to edit the kit which isnt really 
> > suitable!
> > 
> > Actually, I have an electrical design for just such a product, 
but 
> > haven't "productized" it yet.  It is not hard to do and should 
not 
> > be too expensive.  Do you think it would be best to implement in 
a 
> > similar way as a "lever" on a hi-hat like rod or can it be 
mounted 
> > elsewhere and still be ok?
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > Ed