Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ed,
I have checked the available electronic drums at
dealer. It is Dtx V2.0 which is  I guess grandfather
of dtxpress. The price is you wont believe 2,200USD...
Besides I have seen the dtxpressIII on web site it
felt me like "sell your accoustic one and buy one of
those"...

Baris
--- Vernon Graner <vern@...> wrote:
> bkirbas1@... said:
> > Hi,
> > I have been playying drum for 13 years and I want
> to buy an
> > electronic drum. I have never tried plyying it
> dough. I can pay
> > around 1000USD. I am concerned abouth the pad
> sensivity and
> > triggering performance regarding the e-drum and
> roland-v. Thank you
> > in advance.
> >
> > Baris
> >
> 
> (This is a repost, I know, but it took me so long to
> write the first time
> and it seems spot on for what this guy is getting
> at... ;)
> 
> I've seen this question go by and I always think the
> same thing. Acoustic
> drums and electronic drums are *Two* *Different*
> *Instruments*! Just as
> different as a piano and an organ, an acoustic
> guitar and an electric
> guitar, etc. To take this line of reasoning farther,
> you wouldn't *need*
> to learn to play the piano before you could play
> organ, but there is a
> certain transferability of the skills acquired on
> each.
> 
> For me, I found the move to edrums fairly easy, but
> then again I never
> expected to *replicate* acoustic drums with the
> edrums, I came into it
> thinking about learning a *new* instrument. There
> are advantages and
> disadvantages to each instrument, but for the most
> part they will each
> require you to learn new some new skills and adapt
> some old skills in
> order to be successful.
> 
> For me, some of the things I discovered on my new
> instrument was learning
> the dynamics of the edrum set. I found that I was
> hitting harder than I
> needed to and that simply turning up the volume on
> the module made it
> easier on my arms. (Picture a piano player trying to
> get the organ to
> play louder by hitting the keys harder!) :) I also
> learned I didn't need
> to play with the butt-end of giant sticks to get the
> "big rock sound" I
> was used to.
> 
> I'd say one of the most difficult learning issues
> was the hi-hat. For the
> most part, the toms, cymbals, kick and snare react
> and respond like their
> acoustic counterparts, so my skills transferred over
> almost directly.
> However, the hi-hat not flexing, giving, moving and
> changing pitch as the
> tension of my foot changed required the most "re
> learning" and I still
> haven't gotten to a point where I'm completely happy
> with what I can get
> out of the set.
> 
> However, I picture it as a limitation of *my*
> playing style, and not of
> the kit itself. When I play *just* the hat and
> concentrate, I can usually
> get it to make the sound I am after. This is part of
> learning a *new* and
> *different* instrument. Approached with this
> mindset, you may find you
> gain a new skill (that of being able to play edrums)
> to add to your
> existing acoustic drum playing ability. :)
> 
> Vern
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 


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