Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Interesting to hear all this hoopla about making e-drums sound like real
drums, and the comparison to the electric guitar.

In fact the electric guitar took off precisely because it didn't sound like
an acoustic. It sounded cool in its own right.

Why can't the same happen with e-drums? Well, I guess the problem is that
even I, proud DTX owner, still think purely electronic drum sounds...sound
like dog dirt.

Try listening to an old Eurythmics album. Great songs forever dated (and
ruined) by Dave Stewart's ham-fisted way with a beat box. I'd be great to
remix those tunes with a real kit, played by a real drummer.

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pete

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> From: Giles Hearn <giles_hearn@...>
> Reply-To: DTXpress@egroups.com
> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:15:39 -0700 (PDT)
> To: DTXpress@egroups.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] the future...
> 
> Sanctum's raised an interesting point here. The fact
> that e-drums don't sell very well is due to their lack
> of realism and from competition by machines and
> samplers. I agree. But things have come a long way -
> we all remember those ugly Simmons pads from the 80's.
> The DTXpress sounds would have been unimaginable back
> then. In another 10 years, we should be getting near
> to acoustic drums. The biggest problem is not the
> playing surface, but in the dynamics and resonance of
> real drums. A snare drum will sound different every
> time you hit it. A cymbal is even more complex since
> it may still be vibrating when you hit it again,
> causing an additive effect. e-drums are nowhere near
> this level yet, but the memory technology to store all
> these variations exists today. I'd joyfully give up
> all the presets and songs on the DTXpress if I could
> have just one massive preset of a "real" acoustic kit.
> This has been done with Gigasampler/GigaPiano. They
> sampled every note on the piano at every concievable
> volume and came up with something nearly 2Gb big. But
> it sounds amazing. Almost like the real thing.
> Why can't this be done with drums?
> I realise it would take about 10Gb to sample 90% of a
> drumkit's personality, but it would be worth it - and
> you can buy 10Gb for the price of a decent night out
> these days...
> 
> What do you think about the future of e-drums. Will we
> ever see the death of the acoustic??
> 
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