Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

First of all, thanks to all who stop in to read this, 'cos this might 
be a long-ish post ;)

I am currently living in Korea.  Before coming here, I had played 
drums for a grand total of 7 months, and totally loved it.  Made some 
good progress, if I do say so myself....  anyway, now that I'm here, 
I really miss drumming!  I'm considering buying an electonic kit - 
something small and quiet (apartment living), something to continue 
working on my skills and practicing until I go back home.

It's a money thing.  Here, it's gonna cost me a fair bit more than it 
would if I were back home (but if I were back home I wouldn't be able 
to afford it anyway, ha ha ha).  My question to you DTXPRESSers, and 
other electronic  drummers out there, is:  

IS IT WORTH IT?

I've tried it out at the music shop, taken her for a spin, if you 
will.  I like the variety of sounds (polyphony?), the fact that one 
can customize kits, MIDI it to a PC, record, edit, all that jazz.  
The thing is, I'm not real crazy about the feel of the rubber pads, 
the static nature of the "cymbals"...  Yes, I'm looking for something 
to practice / learn on, to "get the groove", so to speak, but I don't 
want to get too used to a certain 'feel" and then have to re-train 
myself to play an acoustic set when I go back home.  Is the re-
adjustment that hard to make?

I'm probably gonna do it anyway, but I just wanted to get a few 
thoughts from some people who have more drumming experience than I 
do.  Thanks!

Hi There,
     First off, I don't consider myself anything more than an average 
drummer. I learned on acoustic kit and play every Sunday in church. I was 
very wary about electronic drums mostly because the guy who taught me to play 
had some weird issue against them. So, I figured there must be some reason 
not to like them. I finally decided I needed a kit at home if I wanted to 
progress in my ability. I got the DTXpress II because I just could not have 
an acoustic kit at home. I love it. I still play acoustic in church and have 
no problem adjusting from one to the other (I won't lie, it takes a few 
minutes because the feel is different.) But if your choice is to get an 
electric kit or no kit at all, in my mind, there's only one choice. Good 
luck!

In a message dated 12/20/02 8:24:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
mkotke@... writes:

> First of all, thanks to all who stop in to read this, 'cos this might 
> be a long-ish post ;)
> 
> I am currently living in Korea.  Before coming here, I had played 
> drums for a grand total of 7 months, and totally loved it.  Made some 
> good progress, if I do say so myself....  anyway, now that I'm here, 
> I really miss drumming!  I'm considering buying an electonic kit - 
> something small and quiet (apartment living), something to continue 
> working on my skills and practicing until I go back home.
> 
> It's a money thing.  Here, it's gonna cost me a fair bit more than it 
> would if I were back home (but if I were back home I wouldn't be able 
> to afford it anyway, ha ha ha).  My question to you DTXPRESSers, and 
> other electronic  drummers out there, is:  
> 
> IS IT WORTH IT?
> 
> I've tried it out at the music shop, taken her for a spin, if you 
> will.  I like the variety of sounds (polyphony?), the fact that one 
> can customize kits, MIDI it to a PC, record, edit, all that jazz.  
> The thing is, I'm not real crazy about the feel of the rubber pads, 
> the static nature of the "cymbals"...  Yes, I'm looking for something 
> to practice / learn on, to "get the groove", so to speak, but I don't 
> want to get too used to a certain 'feel" and then have to re-train 
> myself to play an acoustic set when I go back home.  Is the re-
> adjustment that hard to make?
> 
> I'm probably gonna do it anyway, but I just wanted to get a few 
> thoughts from some people who have more drumming experience than I 
> do.  Thanks!
>