Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

It has been quit quiet around here for a while, so here's a 
suggestion for some discussion...

While sitting behind the DTXpress I can imagine (still haven't bought 
it, wish my boss could pay me the money from my summer job sooner) 
feeling a bit "naked". 'Cause lets be honest, it isn't very 
impressive to look at on a stage. It doesn't have the shiny chrome 
lugs and rims and neetly polished cymbals. It's completely black and 
grey.

Do any of you have thought on how to improve the appearance of the 
kit? For instance, could it be possible to trigger lighteffects when 
you hit a pad (I'm just pondering a bit here...) to have a nice 
audienceblinder in front of my kick trigger, strobe's on the crash 
and lasers on the toms. That would mean one hell of an impressive 
solo. I know I went a (tiny) bit overboard here, but then again... I 
have these sweet beautifull dreams about me, a dark stadium, a 
transparant kit with neon-blue ringshaped lamps inside all eight of 
the toms and two extremely bright lamps in both my bass drums and all 
lights are triggered by the sound of the drum, an audience of 40.000 
beautifull women in their bikini's, and playing a freaky doublebass 
improvisation on the solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida. :-D Yeah, I know I 
have great taste ;-D (and a wild imagination)

But seriously, if you have any cool ideas let me know. It's always 
fun to de some creative kitimprovement

ok first off i laughed my ass off when i read your post man'' thanks 
for the laugh,anyways i don't know how much help it may be ,but what 
about maybe changing the arrangement of the pads,or even 
experimenting with the rack design a lil??? i don't know how much 
help that may be ,but if all else fails the light show idea might be 
a cool way to go.. just experiment though,and if you don't like the 
outcome you can always put everything back the way it was..

later,
     sam(otacon28)

(my new quote is "when in doubt add more triggers")


--- In DTXpress@y..., "bk452468" <j.g.koenders@s...> wrote:
> It has been quit quiet around here for a while, so here's a 
> suggestion for some discussion...
> 
> While sitting behind the DTXpress I can imagine (still haven't 
bought 
> it, wish my boss could pay me the money from my summer job sooner) 
> feeling a bit "naked". 'Cause lets be honest, it isn't very 
> impressive to look at on a stage. It doesn't have the shiny chrome 
> lugs and rims and neetly polished cymbals. It's completely black 
and 
> grey.
> 
> Do any of you have thought on how to improve the appearance of the 
> kit? For instance, could it be possible to trigger lighteffects 
when 
> you hit a pad (I'm just pondering a bit here...) to have a nice 
> audienceblinder in front of my kick trigger, strobe's on the crash 
> and lasers on the toms. That would mean one hell of an impressive 
> solo. I know I went a (tiny) bit overboard here, but then again... 
I 
> have these sweet beautifull dreams about me, a dark stadium, a 
> transparant kit with neon-blue ringshaped lamps inside all eight of 
> the toms and two extremely bright lamps in both my bass drums and 
all 
> lights are triggered by the sound of the drum, an audience of 
40.000 
> beautifull women in their bikini's, and playing a freaky doublebass 
> improvisation on the solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida. :-D Yeah, I know 
I 

> have great taste ;-D (and a wild imagination)
> 
> But seriously, if you have any cool ideas let me know. It's always 
> fun to de some creative kitimprovement

If you stretch a piece of white cloth between the
front uprights (like bed sheet type material), then
you can mount a laser just below your throne seat and
project it on the backside of the cloth.  Of course,
you males may want to wear suitable protection to
prevent inadvertent neutering..... 
--- bk452468 <j.g.koenders@...> wrote:
> It has been quit quiet around here for a while, so
> here's a 
> suggestion for some discussion...
> 
> While sitting behind the DTXpress I can imagine
> (still haven't bought 
> it, wish my boss could pay me the money from my
> summer job sooner) 
> feeling a bit "naked". 'Cause lets be honest, it
> isn't very 
> impressive to look at on a stage. It doesn't have
> the shiny chrome 
> lugs and rims and neetly polished cymbals. It's
> completely black and 
> grey.
> 
> Do any of you have thought on how to improve the
> appearance of the 
> kit? For instance, could it be possible to trigger
> lighteffects when 
> you hit a pad (I'm just pondering a bit here...) to
> have a nice 
> audienceblinder in front of my kick trigger,
> strobe's on the crash 
> and lasers on the toms. That would mean one hell of
> an impressive 
> solo. I know I went a (tiny) bit overboard here, but
> then again... I 
> have these sweet beautifull dreams about me, a dark
> stadium, a 
> transparant kit with neon-blue ringshaped lamps
> inside all eight of 
> the toms and two extremely bright lamps in both my
> bass drums and all 
> lights are triggered by the sound of the drum, an
> audience of 40.000 
> beautifull women in their bikini's, and playing a
> freaky doublebass 
> improvisation on the solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida.
> :-D Yeah, I know I 
> have great taste ;-D (and a wild imagination)
> 
> But seriously, if you have any cool ideas let me
> know. It's always 
> fun to de some creative kitimprovement
> 
> 

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--- In DTXpress@y..., "bk452468" <j.g.koenders@s...> wrote:
> It has been quit quiet around here for a while, so here's a 
> suggestion for some discussion...
> 
> While sitting behind the DTXpress I can imagine (still haven't 
bought 
> it, wish my boss could pay me the money from my summer job sooner) 
> feeling a bit "naked". 'Cause lets be honest, it isn't very 
> impressive to look at on a stage. It doesn't have the shiny chrome 
> lugs and rims and neetly polished cymbals. It's completely black 
and 
> grey.
> 
> Do any of you have thought on how to improve the appearance of the 
> kit? For instance, could it be possible to trigger lighteffects 
when 
> you hit a pad (I'm just pondering a bit here...) to have a nice 
> audienceblinder in front of my kick trigger, strobe's on the crash 
> and lasers on the toms. That would mean one hell of an impressive 
> solo. I know I went a (tiny) bit overboard here, but then again... 
I 
> have these sweet beautifull dreams about me, a dark stadium, a 
> transparant kit with neon-blue ringshaped lamps inside all eight of 
> the toms and two extremely bright lamps in both my bass drums and 
all 
> lights are triggered by the sound of the drum, an audience of 
40.000 
> beautifull women in their bikini's, and playing a freaky doublebass 
> improvisation on the solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida. :-D Yeah, I know 
I 

> have great taste ;-D (and a wild imagination)
> 
> But seriously, if you have any cool ideas let me know. It's always 
> fun to de some creative kitimprovement

Jazeker, hoezo?



--- In DTXpress@y..., "leonkoeleman2001" <kol@t...> wrote:
> Nederland?
> 
> --- In DTXpress@y..., "bk452468" <j.g.koenders@s...> wrote:
> > It has been quit quiet around here for a while, so here's a 
> > suggestion for some discussion...
> > 
> > While sitting behind the DTXpress I can imagine (still haven't 
> bought 
> > it, wish my boss could pay me the money from my summer job 
sooner) 
> > feeling a bit "naked". 'Cause lets be honest, it isn't very 
> > impressive to look at on a stage. It doesn't have the shiny 
chrome 
> > lugs and rims and neetly polished cymbals. It's completely black 
> and 
> > grey.
> > 
> > Do any of you have thought on how to improve the appearance of 
the 
> > kit? For instance, could it be possible to trigger lighteffects 
> when 
> > you hit a pad (I'm just pondering a bit here...) to have a nice 
> > audienceblinder in front of my kick trigger, strobe's on the 
crash 
> > and lasers on the toms. That would mean one hell of an impressive 
> > solo. I know I went a (tiny) bit overboard here, but then 
again... 
> I 
> > have these sweet beautifull dreams about me, a dark stadium, a 
> > transparant kit with neon-blue ringshaped lamps inside all eight 
of 
> > the toms and two extremely bright lamps in both my bass drums and 
> all 
> > lights are triggered by the sound of the drum, an audience of 
> 40.000 
> > beautifull women in their bikini's, and playing a freaky 
doublebass 
> > improvisation on the solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida. :-D Yeah, I 
know 
> I 
> > have great taste ;-D (and a wild imagination)
> > 
> > But seriously, if you have any cool ideas let me know. It's 
always 
> > fun to de some creative kitimprovement

I don't know if this is what you had in mind or not, but I think it
looks cool!
http://www.tonyverderosa.com/gallery_photos/001_TV_Front_01.jpg

Walt

--- In DTXpress@y..., "bk452468" <j.g.koenders@s...> wrote:

> It has been quit quiet around here for a while, so here's a 
> suggestion for some discussion...
> 
> While sitting behind the DTXpress I can imagine (still haven't bought 
> it, wish my boss could pay me the money from my summer job sooner) 
> feeling a bit "naked". 'Cause lets be honest, it isn't very 
> impressive to look at on a stage. It doesn't have the shiny chrome 
> lugs and rims and neetly polished cymbals. It's completely black and 
> grey.
> 
> Do any of you have thought on how to improve the appearance of the 
> kit? For instance, could it be possible to trigger lighteffects when 
> you hit a pad (I'm just pondering a bit here...) to have a nice 
> audienceblinder in front of my kick trigger, strobe's on the crash 
> and lasers on the toms. That would mean one hell of an impressive 
> solo. I know I went a (tiny) bit overboard here, but then again... I 
> have these sweet beautifull dreams about me, a dark stadium, a 
> transparant kit with neon-blue ringshaped lamps inside all eight of 
> the toms and two extremely bright lamps in both my bass drums and all 
> lights are triggered by the sound of the drum, an audience of 40.000 
> beautifull women in their bikini's, and playing a freaky doublebass 
> improvisation on the solo from In-a-gadda-da-vida. :-D Yeah, I know I 
> have great taste ;-D (and a wild imagination)
> 
> But seriously, if you have any cool ideas let me know. It's always 
> fun to de some creative kitimprovement