Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hello Bill,

I don't know about the other guys, but I started using a prety cheap 
yamaha pedal, it was so heavy and clunky and made a ton of noise, so
I 
decided to look for something better.  Now I'm using a pedal from
AXIS 
it is extreamly light but a bit on the pricy side 300.00 I paid. 
Also 
I anchored the pedal to a peice of carpeted wood for more stability 
and when playing live, I have no noise at all, or very little. 











--- In DTXpress@egroups.com, "Bill " <groovinbill@y...> wrote:
> First of all - congrats to the board on its 1st birthday.  As a 
> dtxpress owner for 4 months, this board has been critical to 
> shortening my learning curve.
> 
> Just had first "audition/practice" last night at a local church for 
> drummer for their praise team.  Knew the songs beforehand so did 
> pretty well considering I've been playing only 4 months after 37 
> years of no playing (yes - I'm much older than most of you guys).  
> Best part - they thought I was great regardless of what I thought.
> 
> Prior to playing I read a post about changing the decay rate on hi-
> hat to get a more realistic, sustained sound.  Boy, what a change 
> that was - did the trick and it sounded much better.
> 
> Last thing - while at the church I kept noticing noise from the
bass 
> drum pedal and kick tower.  It was very distracting.  Seems that
the 
> pedal might have been bottoming-out.  Hadn't noticed this at home - 
> probably because carpet at home is real thick and at church real 
> thin.  Pedal I got with kit was lowest grade Yamaha.  Since I am
new 
> at this, can someone recommend a very good pedal which might solve 
> the problem.  Any other recommendations will be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks to all.
> 
> Bill