Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 10:12  am, Drew wrote:

> OK...the measurement around the rim is 68cm.

Thanks Drew - I was a centimetre out, not bad!
(It means 4.5 metres of ddrum rim noise eliminator will do 6 8" pads at 
a cost of £4.81 per pad. Next question is whether you stick this stuff 
on and with what!)

> The koby hi hat peadl is a basic trigger (on/0ff) which is fine for 
> the DM5 as the pedal is used to trigger open/closed/foot sounds OR to 
> advance to the next
> drum kit in the DM5, might be different with a different module.

I'm beginning to wonder how much difference there is in practice 
between the simple triggers and the 'continuous' sort.

> Stick sounds from the cymbals are very low as they are 1/3 covered in
> EPDM and the cymbal trigger edges are covered in EPDM rubber also.

Excellent, no tweaking necessary.

>  Another great thing about the pads is that they mount using 
> conventional 'Pearl-type'tom arms and are tightened with a 
> conventional drum key.

Yes I agree with you on this, expansion is really easy.

> Does anyone want me to post a full review ??  If so What pics., would
> you like to see...e.g., Rack close-ups, Top, side & bottom of Pads,
> cymbal top & bottom etc.  If a review with lots of pics would be
> useful, let me know.

Speaking for myself I think an owner review would be great, and I'm 
sure you'll be hearing more from Stewart and Ed!

Thanks for the feedback Drew, much appreciated.

pb