Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

roya,

Yep, I've had the DS10 for about a year and ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

To plagiarize an earlier post of mine...

I too subscribed to this group before I had an e-kit, and for a while I was
the sole DTXv2 owner in this group and it's only by the good graces of the
members that I was allowed to post.

I played the Xpress and liked it (actually ordered one), but chose the DS10
over the Xpress because I thought the DS10's dual trigger pads and slightly
beefier hardware were worth the dough (if you have it to spend, or find a
good boxing day sale like I did).

I think the pads on both kits feel great. Not exactly like real drums, but
not bad, and nice in their own right. Yamaha has done a good job with the
striking vs. rebound, and when you get to jamming along you can forget
you're playing electronics. Really!

The dual zone pads of the DS10 aren't that much bigger than the single
zoners, and they do take getting used to, especially the "snare". I find
myself generating rim shots a-plenty if I stop concentrating on proper form,
which is probably a good thing.

The cymbals are not too bad, but you don't have the myriad of sounds
available that you get with the real McCoy.

The rack is good. Unlike the Xpress, the DS10 comes with cymbal booms and
little keepers that keep the cymbals from rotating. Plus you can choke 'em.

The kick tower feels too hard, and mine tended to wobble around annoyingly
till I secured it and my pedal to a board.

Hi hat

After reading several posts advising me to stop complaining and embrace
the digital hi-hat, I did that and it's not so bad. It's not like a real
hi-hat. Not mine, anyway, but funky in it's own right.

The key is not to compare the kit to real drums too much, and to appreciate
it in its own right.

About ambient sound. It's not silent. My wife calls it tikka tikka tikka.
And the kick tower can sound like hitting a trash can full of rags with a
hockey stick. But here's a tip. Before your electronic kit arrives, be sure
to set up your acoustic kit and bash the hell out of it for a few days,
playing as loud as possible and pissing off as many family members and
neighbours as you can. That way, when the rubber kit arrives, the drop in
noise level will be so pronounced that no one (unlike my wife) will dare to
complain.



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pete


> From: roya@...
> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 11:20:19 -0000
> To: pdk@...
> Subject: dtx
> 
> hi
> did you get your ds10?
> how is the kit?
> can give me some information about it.,,
> i want to buy a kit..
> 
> thanks!
> 
>