Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Aquarian cymbal springs.

They come in two sizes, heavy and medium.  I haven't used them, but they
have received good reviews on vdrums.com

Brandon

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Sanctum wrote:

> There are some cymbal clamps out there that may help..
> 
> I don't know the manufacturer, but they are a spring assembly which you
> attach to the top of your existing boom arm, the cymbal is clamped tightly
> and rocks back and forth on the spring which joins the clamp to the body and
> hence the boom arm.  There very simple, most drum stores stock them or can
> order them, just ask for "sprung cymbal mounts" they should know what you
> mean, describe them as an attachment which fits to the end of a boom arm and
> holds the cymbal tightly on the end of a spring, allowing the cymbal to move
> without the fear of keyholing.
> 
> Anyway, don't know if that'll fix the problem, but it looks good in
> principle.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Crim <thoughtwar@...>
> To: DTXpress@egroups.com <DTXpress@egroups.com>
> Date: 05 October 2000 13:51
> Subject: [DTXpress] Cymbal stuff
> 
> 
> >Hey all,
> >
> >Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the group, but judging by the amount
> of e-mails over the past month (compared to, say, 3 months before that) this
> group is expanding rapidly.
> >
> >Well, after having the DTX for almost a year now I can say that I am still
> quite satisfied with my purchase.  The one problem that still haunts me,
> though, is cymbal pad response.  I'm constantly getting 2 triggers in a row
> when I only want one, due to vibrations--I think.  I finally decided that
> maybe the pad is too light-weight (I don't play very hard. I've tried
> everything I can think of to no avail. I'm seriously considering new cymbal
> pads, but would like to know if anyone has had any luck with their settings
> or even hardware configuration. Most of the time I end up substituting my
> middle tom for a ride.  What I'm looking for is great ride response at
> up-tempos playing jazz (quarter=180bpm to 270bpm/ching a-ching a-ching ching
> ching a-ching, etc.).
> >
> >Peace,
> >Aaron
> >
> >
> >
> >
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