Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

UNH,

I started playing at a time when double basses were a real oddity. 
The only high profile rock players to emerge eventually with them 
were Ginger Baker and Jon Hiseman--both of whom started out in 
England in a kind of blues-jazz rock context. There were more 
straight jazz drummers who used them--notably, Louis Bellson and 
later Ed Shaughnessy--but the dual basses didn't seem to come into 
prominence until this old dog would have had to learn some really 
new tricks. I always prided myself on my single bass drum work; it 
was in some ways my strongest feature. But the truth is, whichever 
way you go you'll always have plenty to learn. I'm just caught up 
too much in the single-bass knot. I did learn some ruffing with the 
bass and hi hat from Ginger Baker, whom I had the displeasure to 
meet back in 1966. I've always thought that speed metal, thrash, and 
industrial music was better suited to it than the styles that I tend 
to play.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven" <realvast@s...> 
wrote:
> 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