Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Creighton,

Do you remember who trashed it on Vdrum? Well, you definitely can't 
please all of the people all of the time (especially everyone at the 
Roland site), but my experience, and that of very many others, with 
the ZB2 is very favorable. I don't mean to diminish it by saying 
that I don't have it anymore (I've gone exclusively to Visu-lite); 
of all the stereo cymbals that I've tried, I rate it easily the 
highest. I think of reliability for the stereos on two fronts: (1) 
the probability that it will make any sound when you hit it and (2) 
the probability that it will provide the expected sound when you hit 
it. For me, the Zenbal almost never failed to sound, and it rarely 
failed to make the sound I expected. It also swings, unlike the 
similarly priced Roland CY-6 or obviously the Yamahas. By the way, I 
also owned a CY-6, which I found to be mediocre. When I sold it, 
however, VDrum people crawled out of the woodwork to buy it. So go 
figure. Roland people have this weird love/hate loyalty to their 
company. They trash the products like crazy, but many of them won't 
budge from them.

I don't remember any particular glitches in programming it, but 
Stephen, who has come to love his, reported that it took some time 
to get them adjusted to the DTX module. I liked it better as two 
crashes than as a ride, because of its layout. But I would truly be 
surprised if any former Yamaha owner, who came to it, wasn't 
impressed.

I'm kicking myself because I sold my Zenbal, as well as CY-6, to 
members of Vdrum.com. I'd much prefer to sell within this group, but 
at the time, no one here was interested. 

Ed


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins" 
<creighton@l...> wrote:
> Hey Ed
> Got your mail after visiting a thread at V-drums.com which trashed 
the
> Zenbals. Now I'm feeling insecure! And to think I sold a child to 
buy this.
> (it was the ugly one)
> Have you run a ZB-2 through a DTX? Any tricks to setup?
> Creighton
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@y...]
>   Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 8:54 AM
>   To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Pintechs - dual or stereo?
> 
> 
>   Steward and Creighton,
> 
>   The Pintech Zenbal is a stereo cymbal (and a good one).
> 
>   Ed
> 
>   --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins"
>   <creighton@l...> wrote:
>   > Stewart
>   > I'm thinking it's stereo since it's chokeable which usually 
means
>   the rim
>   > has an FSR (Force Sensitive Resistor?). I have one UPSing to 
me as
>   we speak
>   > from the good folk at Drumbalaya. When it comes and I get it to
>   work- will
>   > be back to share.
>   >
>   > Creighton
>   >   -----Original Message-----
>   >   From: moosetication [mailto:moosetication@y...]
>   >   Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:54 PM
>   >   To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
>   >   Subject: [DTXpress] Pintechs - dual or stereo?
>   >
>   >
>   >   Since it seems to have been fairly comprehensively 
demonstrated
>   that
>   >   I am mentally two lugs short of a complete set, can someone 
tell
>   me
>   >   if the Zenbal ZB2 is a genuine dual zone or a stereo?
>   >
>   >   Stewart
>   >
>   >
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