Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Has anyone ever compared using a plywood board on a foam pad against 
the tennis ball thing? Is the tennis ball method more effective for 
some specific reason?

It seems the foam pad didn't work perfectly or at least I think the 
plywood is directing the sound waves more towards the walls now. I 
can hear it when I put my ear against the wall of a another (not an 
adjacent) room in my apartment (with someone hitting the pads, of 
course :)). The foam should in any case be eliminating the 
vibrations. So am I right in assuming that the "noise level" heard 
DOWNSTAIRS must have diminished even a little because of the foam?

By the way, I asked my downstairs neighbor if they had heard any 
noise. She says she hears it but that it's bearable ('cause I don't 
play at night). Anyway, here in Finland people never say anything to 
you directly but rather complain behind your back. So the noise level 
thing might still be a mystery. 

Any comments or encouraging words are appreciated!
I love my DTXpress and would like to be able to play it without 
having to worry about these kind of things.  

-Antti.




--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> You might want to look at this link:
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> http://www.dtxpressions.com
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> then click on "links" and look for "Plans for Drum Isolation 
Platform"
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> or just go stright there with this link:
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> http://www.dtxpressions.com/platform
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> :)
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> And yes, use the lightest sticks you can. And yes, people on a 2nd 
floor
> have the worst time of it. :(
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> Vern
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> anttipi said:
> > I know this isn't the first post on the issue and I kinda wish I 
had
> > read about it earlier... I've just had the DTXpress II for two 
days
> > and today at 8 pm there was a series of knocks (or thumps rather)
> > from downstairs. Presumably because of the bass pedal vibrations :
(.
> > The floors are concrete with just a thin plastic carpeting.
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> > Tomorrow I guess I'll have to go and apologise and tell 
them/him/her
> > that I'll put the whole set on a foam pad (with plywood on top to
> > stabilise the set) which should dampen the vibrations and that 
I'll
> > also change to lighter sticks. I can also agree to stop playing 
at 8
> > pm, if necessary. I live in a student apartment block so as the
> > neighbor(s) are roughly my age they SHOULD understand.
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> > -Antti
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