Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

... I guess you are counting on the fact she (your wife) will never 
read this?...(-;

Tim


--- In DTXpress@egroups.com, pdk <pdk@t...> wrote:
> 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@n...
> > Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 11:20:19 -0000
> > To: pdk@t...
> > 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!
> > 
> >