Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

What does a tennis ball platform do? Is it for e drums or accoustics?


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:



> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <proguk@h...> wrote:
> > I'm considering building one of the tennis ball isolation 
platforms 
> > ( http://www.dtxpressions.com/platform/ ) but space is an issue 
for 
> > me.  In order to move freely around the room where my kit is I 
move 
> > the throne away when not playing.  If I had a platform that was 
big 
> > enough to accommodate both kit and throne I'd be falling over it 
> all 
> > the time! :-)
> > 
> > Therefore, I wondered if it is really necessary to have the stool 
> > isolated from the floor.  It's certainly got enough height 
> > adjustment to be able to rise up a tennis ball's worth.  Any 
> > thoughts?
> > 
> > Also, has anyone actually built such a platform (stool on or 
off!)?
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Check out post 6505 for someone in the UK who built it and seems to 
> have had success.  Maybe you can contact him privately. Another 
> option is located at  http://www.clearsonic.com/--especially the 
> Isofloor section--though I don't know if it would be of any help to 
> you IN THE UK.
> 
> Ed