Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> With ddrum, I would be working on pure dumb luck - if I listen 
> to the samples on the Clavia site, to me they're indistinguishable 
> from the "real thing".

   Hehe, the interesting thing is that my motivation for that rant 
was listening to those samples on the Clavia site followed shortly 
by me reading a post on another eDrum board where someone was 
basically saying:  "I'm going to make a demo to send to labels, but 
I live in apartment.  How do I get good drums sounds?  All the 
eDrums modules sound too electronic and just plain terrible."

   In my opinion, after listening to the ddrum samples and seeing 
that video of the TD-20, we are at the beginning of the end of valid 
eDrum hate based on sound.  Feel/control hate may last a bit longer 
(not to mention cost).

   Another fun question:  In 20 years will acoustic drums be a niche 
instrument like the upright bass?