Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Guitar Center here in Austin has the Pintech single- and dual-zone 
pads on sale here for $59 this month.  They've ordered some over 
from the Houston store for me, so I'll be hooking those up here very 
shortly. (Yay!)

Meanwhile, I've been contemplating using and old pad for the kick 
like someone here suggested.  The only thing is that I've got the 
old-style rack system that didn't have the additional crossbar.  It 
may be even cheaper to go out and get that, or a piece of a rack 
rather than investing more money in a stand-alone trigger.  I really 
liked the feel and response of the Roland V-Drum PD120, but the damn 
thing alone costs $400.

Once again, thanks to all the members here posting some excellent, 
useful information and tips.

I don't know what it would cost in cash, aggravation, and compromise 
to get a crossbar and rig up a TP 60 pad to it. It might be just the 
ticket. But Drum Tech makes a great kick pad--called, oddly enough, 
the Kick Pad--which, IMHO, is a vast improvement on rubber kick 
triggers, at least in my experience. It's still pricey at most 
places, if you can find it at all ($229 list when it first came out, 
though reduced, I think, to $177 or so of late). But it is a round 
10 inch pad on a very sturdy metal frame. The pad has been designed 
especially for kick purposes; it doesn't feel like a pad for stick 
play. I managed to get one as a close-out for $100, and I haven't 
looked back since. It's at least a little cheaper than the high 
end Roland and Pintechs, and you don't have to worry about replacing 
heads. You can find a review of it on the Drum Tech website, and 
Alternate Mode carries it in their store, if I'm not mistaken. 

--- In DTXpress@y..., "mlosabia.rm" <mlosabia@r...> wrote:
> Guitar Center here in Austin has the Pintech single- and dual-zone 
> pads on sale here for $59 this month.  They've ordered some over 
> from the Houston store for me, so I'll be hooking those up here 
very 
> shortly. (Yay!)
> 
> Meanwhile, I've been contemplating using and old pad for the kick 
> like someone here suggested.  The only thing is that I've got the 
> old-style rack system that didn't have the additional crossbar.  
It 
> may be even cheaper to go out and get that, or a piece of a rack 
> rather than investing more money in a stand-alone trigger.  I 
really 
> liked the feel and response of the Roland V-Drum PD120, but the 
damn 

> thing alone costs $400.
> 
> Once again, thanks to all the members here posting some excellent, 
> useful information and tips.

congrats on the pintech pads,i think you will find them to be a great 
pad to use on your e-drum kit(i know i love mine!!!) now about the 
kick trigger idea,a few thoughts come to mind on this from my own 
expirementing as well,first off i have to majorly agree with liberty 
that the drum tech kick trigger is a very good kick trigger choice, i 
actually owned one of them on my first e-drum kit i built,and it 
worked great(it just wasn't up to par with the double bassing that i 
do) other than that it was a great dependable,and extremely durable 
choice for a kick trigger for me anyways.plus the stand for the thing 
is just unreal when you consider the stability of it,and it is also 
fully colapsable so it is very compact when you want to transport 
your set-up.. i have also demoed the v-drum kick tower,and while it 
was very sweet i could find myself spending $400.00 on it either..i'm 
currently using a pintech vertikik (the vk-10) and it is suited for 
single or double pedal applications,and tracks flawlessly with my 
yamaha double bass pedal.. plus it is linkable so if you wanted to 
have 2 single kicks with seperate pedals you could link 2 
together,and still only use a single input of the module.. i know a 
few people that have expiremented with retrofitting their own kick 
trigger set-up by using a regular pad from their kit,and sometimes 
this works out ok,but you have to consider the fact that there will 
be impact from a kick pedal instead of sticks,and i know on my kit 
anyways i would say my kick trigger gets the most abuse.. so it may 
work out ok to start ,but how long will the durability be there 
before you have to go out ,and get a kick tower anyways.. plus if 
you're looking for a affordable , but quality kick trigger solution 
this maybe of use to you.
http://www.drumbalaya.com/detail.asp?mfr=pintech&item=vk10%
2Df&condition=fair&price=%2449%2E00

http://www.drumbalaya.com/detail.asp?mfr=pintech&item=vk10%
2Dg&condition=great&price=%2455%2E00

http://www.drumbalaya.com/detail.asp?mfr=pintech&item=k3%
2Dn&condition=new&price=%2434%2E00

just my opinion,
             sam(otacon28)
--- In DTXpress@y..., "mlosabia.rm" <mlosabia@r...> wrote:
> Guitar Center here in Austin has the Pintech single- and dual-zone 
> pads on sale here for $59 this month.  They've ordered some over 
> from the Houston store for me, so I'll be hooking those up here 
very 
> shortly. (Yay!)
> 
> Meanwhile, I've been contemplating using and old pad for the kick 
> like someone here suggested.  The only thing is that I've got the 
> old-style rack system that didn't have the additional crossbar.  It 
> may be even cheaper to go out and get that, or a piece of a rack 
> rather than investing more money in a stand-alone trigger.  I 
really 
> liked the feel and response of the Roland V-Drum PD120, but the 
damn 

> thing alone costs $400.
> 
> Once again, thanks to all the members here posting some excellent, 
> useful information and tips.