Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <proguk@h...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
> <moosetication@y...> wrote:
> > --- Chris wrote:
> > > I was wondering how layering acoustic and electric
> > > toms would sound as I seem to recall the electric
> > > tom sounds having more bite.
> > 
> > Don't rule out "non-tom" sounds too. Some of the "ethnic" 
> percussion 
> > may have the attack you seek.
> 
> I hadn't thought of that.  Another excellent tip!  It could 
however 
> lead to me spending hours and hours layering every possible 
> combination of sounds.  Hmm... a gong might give the floor tom a 
> boost. :-)
> 
> Chris

Personally, I've found that if you're looking for a good clean 
acoustic tom sound, layering the Maple tom sounds is the way to go.  
For my high tom I use Maple12/Maple10, meduim is Maple14/Maple12, 
and low is Maple16/Maple14.  I acutally got the idea from the 
Funk4pc syx file that is availbe in the files section.  As far 
as "punch" is concerned, certain tuning combo's between the higher 
and lower tom sound for each drum make a big difference.  Hope that 
helps.

- Adam