Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Giles Hearn <giles_hearn@...> wrote:

> What do you think about the future of e-drums. Will we
> ever see the death of the acoustic??

It's going to have to be some varient of physical modelling, once it becomes
powerful enough, I think.

A full kit that uses a pretty complete model of all drums and cymbals should
start to give us the sort of realism we'd really like.

V-Drums are going in the right direction - they are not there yet, but the
possibilities are there.

I don't think multisampling is the answer really - sure, you can definitely
get some incredible kits by using huge multisamples, but it'll always feel
"not-quite" like the real thing. You need a (virtual) model that can not
only simulate how a particular drum works in isolation, but also how it
works in relation to the rest of the kit.

Still, I'm happy to hit what I've got in the meantime..! :)

Ben Hall
www.benhall.co.uk
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