Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Arletta Crudup <aczelig@y...> wrote:
> HI, I have been a member for about a year, I finally bought a 
DTXexpressII and am excited that I will be able to chat about my drum 
set. I had major concerns about switching from an acoustic set to an 
electronic. I was on the verge of purchasing a Roland V drum with a 
Pintech brain but decided to go with the DTX for my first set and see 
how I like it. 

Glad you decided to join us. I assume that you meant Pintech pads 
with a Roland brain, since the other way round isn't available (yet). 
Did you join us a year or so before you bought the kit? If so, you 
must have had a leg up on it when it finally arrived, though once 
everything is staring you in the face, it becomes a whole new game. I 
hope you'll post about your immediate impressions of playing a gum-
rubber electronic kit coming from acoustics. To tell you the truth, I 
don't remember the transition all that much. I don't think that the 
switch was too difficult, and now I don't play anything but 
electronics. What bothered me the most in the beginning was the hi 
hat situation. I've run through a lot of equipment since the early 
days, and have reached a certain level of (sliding) satisfaction, but 
the hi hat quest took the longest for any kind of closure. 

Ed