Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Guys, over the last few days I have been reading the comments about 
how clunky the DTXpress kick pad is, how hard, and how noisy.  I gotta 
tell ya, I love it.  

I grew up playing drums with a fast foot - I learned to play listening 
to drummers that I later learned were playing double bass, so I was 
playing double bass patterns with a single pedal.  With the DTXpress 
kick pad, I agree it might have been designed to be a bit more 
cosmetically appealing, but I can do some awesome triples and doubles 
on the thing, with any bass drum voice I want.  To do that on a 
acoustic bass drum would mean retuning, getting the right tension on 
the head, etc...  

The sound of the stealth pad left me cold.  It's made of stress gel 
stuff?  How do you get decent action on that?  I also have never been 
a fan of making the beater go in a different direction - it just 
doesn't have the same 'feel'.

Does anyone else out there agree with me?

I agree with you. I like the quick but hard action on the kick pad.

One kick tower tip, I periodically tighten all the screws on the tower as I
have found that the pad noise and vibration distraction increases as they
get loose. This really seems to make a difference.

Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: tdjme@... <tdjme@...>
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com <DTXpress@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, May 24, 2001 5:52 AM

Subject: [DTXpress] Kick pad pros-n-cons


>Guys, over the last few days I have been reading the comments about
>how clunky the DTXpress kick pad is, how hard, and how noisy.  I gotta
>tell ya, I love it.
>
>I grew up playing drums with a fast foot - I learned to play listening
>to drummers that I later learned were playing double bass, so I was
>playing double bass patterns with a single pedal.  With the DTXpress
>kick pad, I agree it might have been designed to be a bit more
>cosmetically appealing, but I can do some awesome triples and doubles
>on the thing, with any bass drum voice I want.  To do that on a
>acoustic bass drum would mean retuning, getting the right tension on
>the head, etc...
>
>The sound of the stealth pad left me cold.  It's made of stress gel
>stuff?  How do you get decent action on that?  I also have never been
>a fan of making the beater go in a different direction - it just
>doesn't have the same 'feel'.
>
>Does anyone else out there agree with me?
>
>
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