Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hmm. I suspect you may (diplomatically) be saying "yes, Stewart, it 
may be you." Which is fine. Absolutely fine. No, really.

[turns green, bursts out of shirt ... realises Spaceman Spiff 
underpants don't really suit the Hulk image, hides in closet]

I agree with your position on the other end of the pedal. I really, 
really wish I had the space for the Visulite. The TP80S I'm using 
certainly has to go.

Stewart

--- "liberatusvirus" wrote:
> 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