Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I want to change the trigger to something more velocity 
sensitive/reliable and if possible quieter.  Has anyone looked into 
this at all?

Thanks

Simon

If you want something more reliable I've suggested
this to many people before and still swear by it. 
Pintech makes a trigger called the "verti kick" I'm
not sure if I have it spelled correctly, but if you
call any good drum shop and ask for it they'll know
what you're talking about.  A second and even quiter
option (but a pain to take to gigs in comparison) is
to get a mesh head and an acoustic bass drum piezo
trigger.  It takes some tinkering, but is very
reliable an extremely quiet in comparison.  You can
get Yamaha's better kick tower that came with the dtx
kit, but those are way too expensive in my mind (about
$50-$70 more than the pintech verti kick).  My
personal expirence is the verti kick is the best
option and its wide enough for a double pedal to fit
too.  I hope this helps.   -Joe
--- astrami <astrami@...> wrote:
> I want to change the trigger to something more
> velocity 
> sensitive/reliable and if possible quieter.  Has
> anyone looked into 
> this at all?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Simon
> 
> 


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yeah i'll have to go with joseph on this one,and say that the pintech 
vertikik's are definately the way to go,i have 2 of them for my e-
drum kit,and i love em' they track great,and with very minimal 
tweaking you can get them to suit your particular playing style.. i 
run a yamaha kick pedal on each vertikik,but when space is of an 
issue then i use the double pedal set-up(i use the same set of pedals 
on both applications of this,just when i'm using 2 seperate kick 
triggers i split my double pedal up with one pedal on each kick) i do 
a bit of doublebassing,(tastefully of course)and i can honestly say 
even when a song calls for even a pretty up tempo-ed doublebassing 
these kick triggers are right on the $$$$ every time.. if you're 
considering a vertikik there's one on ebay right now,and it's not 
going for alot of money ,and it seems to be very clean looking.. 
check out the link below for the auction page
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=894421480&rd=1

hope this helps,

sam(otacon28)

--- In DTXpress@y..., "astrami" <astrami@y...> wrote:

> I want to change the trigger to something more velocity 
> sensitive/reliable and if possible quieter.  Has anyone looked into 
> this at all?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Simon

Thanks a lot guys.  Very useful

Simon
--- In DTXpress@y..., "otacon28us" <reva@s...> wrote:
> yeah i'll have to go with joseph on this one,and say that the 
pintech 
> vertikik's are definately the way to go,i have 2 of them for my e-
> drum kit,and i love em' they track great,and with very minimal 
> tweaking you can get them to suit your particular playing style.. i 
> run a yamaha kick pedal on each vertikik,but when space is of an 
> issue then i use the double pedal set-up(i use the same set of 
pedals 
> on both applications of this,just when i'm using 2 seperate kick 
> triggers i split my double pedal up with one pedal on each kick) i 
do 
> a bit of doublebassing,(tastefully of course)and i can honestly say 
> even when a song calls for even a pretty up tempo-ed doublebassing 
> these kick triggers are right on the $$$$ every time.. if you're 
> considering a vertikik there's one on ebay right now,and it's not 
> going for alot of money ,and it seems to be very clean looking.. 
> check out the link below for the auction page
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=894421480&rd=1
> 
> hope this helps,
> 
> sam(otacon28)
> 
> --- In DTXpress@y..., "astrami" <astrami@y...> wrote:
> > I want to change the trigger to something more velocity 
> > sensitive/reliable and if possible quieter.  Has anyone looked 
into 

> > this at all?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Simon