Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I know that the DTXtreme used positional sensoring with its pads, 
and they were the real head pads, but I was wondering if positional 
sensoring worked on rubber pads?  If not, what kind of other pads 
does it work on?  What is the difference between the real head pad 
organs and the rubber pad organs?  Thanks!

-UN.H

Hi UNH,

I'll tell you what I "know." First of all, a drum must meet certain 
specs to be capable of positional sensing; rubber ones aren't. 
Pintech claims that its AX14S mesh snare is, for Roland. Some Roland 
users disagree (Beatnik, for one, if I recall). The Hart Pro snare 
is made to be capable of positional sensing through the Roland TD8 
and 10. In Roland's case, the module simulates how the drum is 
supposed to sound when hit in certain spots according to information 
that the user programs into it. Positional sensing requires that the 
piezo be located in a precise spot inside the drum so that the 
settings used for the positional sensing can accurately reproduce 
what the user wants to hear. Yamaha's strategy can't be too 
different from Roland's (Walt could tell you), but it seems to be an 
open question whether pads not manufactured specifically to be 
compatible with a certain company's positional sensing are able to 
do the job adequately. 

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven" <realvast@s...> 
wrote:
> I know that the DTXtreme used positional sensoring with its pads, 
> and they were the real head pads, but I was wondering if 
positional 

> sensoring worked on rubber pads?  If not, what kind of other pads 
> does it work on?  What is the difference between the real head pad 
> organs and the rubber pad organs?  Thanks!
> 
> -UN.H