Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

A,

What a coincidence. Your post hit the nail right on the head for me. Not
long ago I realized that I don't use the "ride" cymbal nearly as much as I
used to on my acoustic set. The reason--doesn't feel as good as the
cyberhat--too light and floppy. The cymbal pads work okay as a crash, but my
real ride cymbal is heavy and sturdy.

So recently I took tom 4 which I hardly ever used (the ds10 comes with 4
toms) and moved it up into ride position. I made the old "ride" cymbal pad
another crash, which I've always wanted anyway. Works great!

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pete

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> From: Aaron Crim <thoughtwar@...>
> Reply-To: DTXpress@egroups.com
> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 08:50:03 -0400 (EDT)
> To: DTXpress@egroups.com
> 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