--- "b3n1981" wrote:
> also whats a good price to pay for another crash pad
> (can be single zone)
Single-zone Pintech cymbals come in reasonably cheap, especially if
you get them from eBay... but most US eBay-ers won't mail to the UK
(for obvious reasons) so you really need friends / relatives /
colleagues in the US to act as a mail relay. In the UK check out
Koby (www.koby.co.uk) ... all their cymbals are currently single
zone, but Colin told me he plans to do dual-zone based on demand. So
demand some! His prices aren't bad (but I have left my price list in
the office so don't have them off-hand). His are more realistic
looking round cymbals with 1/3 diameter triggers, a bit like the
single zone Zenbals or the Harts. If he did a dual-zone, I would
have one.
Less than one week in to my new DTXpressII, and...
What I have done so far is to swap the PCY65 and 65S over, so the
dual-zone is a crash/ride (crash on the edge, ride layered) and the
single zone crash only, which is a more natural arrangement in my
view. I will get another dual-zone cymbal, set up both zones as
crashes, and move the single zone one to the other half of 9/10. I
have obtained a TP80s from eBay which I have swapped in as the hi-
hat, and moved the TP65 thus liberated to 9 to use as a fourth tom.
Finally I'm going to try to split in a simple switch to the "kick
Rim" side of input 1 to use as a kit inc/dec (or perhaps a foot-
operated cowbell or something).
I've also set up two new kits based on the Maple sounds, with some
layering to round them out. I've also layered the hi-hat (vital, in
my view). I'll upload them soon when I'm happy. Only current problem
is that the edge trigger on the TP80s is a bit suspect so I can't
get the hat edge sound consistently.
Well, not the only problem. When I last drummed (25 years ago...
yes, another old guy drummer) I only used a single kick. My double
kick technique currently seems to be ... suboptimal, shall we say.
Mr Portnoy need not look over his shoulder *just* yet.
Stewart
