Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Stewart,

It would be edifying to get people's impressions of their various hi 
hats. I assume that most of the board members use the HH60, 65, or 
80 controllers; the fact that the Pintech controller requires the 
same adaptor that the Rolands do with a Yamaha module might be 
enough to dissuade potential interest in them. From my perspective, 
when I had the 60, I wasn't all that unhappy with it. I eventually 
got the foot splashes and throw to behave decently. The fact that it 
only had three recognizable positions--fully open, fully closed, and 
mid-point--was only slightly annoying. What bothered me more than 
the controller situation was what you were forced to hit, and if you 
decided to switch, how limited the satisfactory options were, 
especially since the Hart e-hats didn't appear to be perfectly 
compatible with the Yamaha modules. I spent a lot of time using the 
Drum Tech Pole Pad as my hi hat, which had certain triggering 
advantages, but, in the end, Visu-lite's willingness to produce its 
hi hat assembly for Yamaha modules solved my problem. Based on the 
HH80, and mounted on a traditional stand, it has an ungenious 
ability to simulate acoustic action and response, to me at least. 
The only other Yamaha user who has it thus far is Walt, although 
Jade is saving pennies as we speak. I hope others of us join so that 
we can compare notes on it.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> 
> Or is the HH65 really... well, not that good?
> 
> I think, a month or so in, the hi-hat (overall) is my biggest 
gripe 
> so far, and the pedal in particular.
> 
> I don't like the range of travel, I don't like the sponginess, and 
I 
> don't like the irritating propensity for it to produce a splash if 
> I'm even slightly imprecise about stamping on it just so when 
> choking an open hat stroke. Or is my muscle memory of real hi-hat 
> pedals suffering from Alzheimer's?
> 
> If it's not just me, what would the panel recommend as a 
replacement?
> 
> Stewart