Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi all,

First thanks for the help and advice I have recieved from everyone.  
This is really a great group!  I purchased my kit last week and am 
having a blast figuring it out.

2 problems I had were.

1. I use a dw5000 double bass pedal which won't work with the yamaha 
kick trigger

2. Not crazy about the rubber snare pad. After a few hours of hard 
playing, my fingers and wrist were killing me.

So what I decided to do was kill 2 birds with one stone.

I took a mono trigger  (tom 3) and made it my kick trigger.  It 
works great and handles double pedal easily!  Just attach it to the 
bottom cross-support.  I think the response and feel is WAY better 
than the yamaha kick trigger.

For the snare, I just ordered a Pintech ConcertCast which should 
help out with the feel and wrist problems.  

Then I took the old snare pad and made it a tom to replace the one I 
am using for the kick.  I set the second zone to a cowbell or block.

Solved 3 problems for $100!

Hope this helps anyone in a similar situation.

JJ

For someone who's owned the kit for only a matter of hours, you've 
come remarkably far. Nice work. As noted many times, the kick 
trigger can be a problem. 
--- In DTXpress@y..., "nikodite" <nikodite@y...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> First thanks for the help and advice I have recieved from 
everyone.  
> This is really a great group!  I purchased my kit last week and am 
> having a blast figuring it out.
> 
> 2 problems I had were.
> 
> 1. I use a dw5000 double bass pedal which won't work with the 
yamaha 
> kick trigger
> 
> 2. Not crazy about the rubber snare pad. After a few hours of hard 
> playing, my fingers and wrist were killing me.
> 
> So what I decided to do was kill 2 birds with one stone.
> 
> I took a mono trigger  (tom 3) and made it my kick trigger.  It 
> works great and handles double pedal easily!  Just attach it to 
the 
> bottom cross-support.  I think the response and feel is WAY better 
> than the yamaha kick trigger.
> 
> For the snare, I just ordered a Pintech ConcertCast which should 
> help out with the feel and wrist problems.  
> 
> Then I took the old snare pad and made it a tom to replace the one 
I 
> am using for the kick.  I set the second zone to a cowbell or 
block.

> 
> Solved 3 problems for $100!
> 
> Hope this helps anyone in a similar situation.
> 
> JJ