Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

First of all - congrats to the board on its 1st birthday.  As a 
dtxpress owner for 4 months, this board has been critical to 
shortening my learning curve.

Just had first "audition/practice" last night at a local church for 
drummer for their praise team.  Knew the songs beforehand so did 
pretty well considering I've been playing only 4 months after 37 
years of no playing (yes - I'm much older than most of you guys).  
Best part - they thought I was great regardless of what I thought.

Prior to playing I read a post about changing the decay rate on hi-
hat to get a more realistic, sustained sound.  Boy, what a change 
that was - did the trick and it sounded much better.

Last thing - while at the church I kept noticing noise from the bass 
drum pedal and kick tower.  It was very distracting.  Seems that the 
pedal might have been bottoming-out.  Hadn't noticed this at home - 
probably because carpet at home is real thick and at church real 
thin.  Pedal I got with kit was lowest grade Yamaha.  Since I am new 
at this, can someone recommend a very good pedal which might solve 
the problem.  Any other recommendations will be much appreciated.

Thanks to all.

Bill

Hello Bill,

I don't know about the other guys, but I started using a prety cheap 
yamaha pedal, it was so heavy and clunky and made a ton of noise, so
I 
decided to look for something better.  Now I'm using a pedal from
AXIS 
it is extreamly light but a bit on the pricy side 300.00 I paid. 
Also 
I anchored the pedal to a peice of carpeted wood for more stability 
and when playing live, I have no noise at all, or very little. 











--- In DTXpress@egroups.com, "Bill " <groovinbill@y...> wrote:
> First of all - congrats to the board on its 1st birthday.  As a 
> dtxpress owner for 4 months, this board has been critical to 
> shortening my learning curve.
> 
> Just had first "audition/practice" last night at a local church for 
> drummer for their praise team.  Knew the songs beforehand so did 
> pretty well considering I've been playing only 4 months after 37 
> years of no playing (yes - I'm much older than most of you guys).  
> Best part - they thought I was great regardless of what I thought.
> 
> Prior to playing I read a post about changing the decay rate on hi-
> hat to get a more realistic, sustained sound.  Boy, what a change 
> that was - did the trick and it sounded much better.
> 
> Last thing - while at the church I kept noticing noise from the
bass 
> drum pedal and kick tower.  It was very distracting.  Seems that
the 
> pedal might have been bottoming-out.  Hadn't noticed this at home - 
> probably because carpet at home is real thick and at church real 
> thin.  Pedal I got with kit was lowest grade Yamaha.  Since I am
new 

> at this, can someone recommend a very good pedal which might solve 
> the problem.  Any other recommendations will be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks to all.
> 
> Bill

The biggest improvement I made to my kit was firmly mounting the kick pedal
and tower to a piece of masonite. Set it and forget it. Far less noise. No
rocking, no strike angle change when you tighten the clamp, and no creeping
thanks to hook-side-down Velcro strips on the underside. I designed it to
come apart quickly for transport (though it travels well together) or if
there's a kick hardware failure.

I can post a picture if anyone's interested.

=========================================================================

pete

> From: "Bill " <groovinbill@...>
> Reply-To: DTXpress@egroups.com
> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:19:01 -0000
> To: DTXpress@egroups.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] Comments & Questions
> 
> Last thing - while at the church I kept noticing noise from the bass
> drum pedal and kick tower.  It was very distracting.  Seems that the
> pedal might have been bottoming-out.  Hadn't noticed this at home -
> probably because carpet at home is real thick and at church real
> thin.  Pedal I got with kit was lowest grade Yamaha.  Since I am new
> at this, can someone recommend a very good pedal which might solve
> the problem.  Any other recommendations will be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks to all.
> 
> Bill

IMHO the Tama "Iron Cobra" is the most ruggedly built pedal
out there. Sells for about $100 US i think. I know it sounds
like some kind of heavy metal band, perhaps you could rename
yours "Moses Serpent" :) Don't overlook the used market.
BTW, you may be able to shorten the strap to avoid bottoming
out, but a good pedal is such a treat to play...it will make
you sound better!

Bill wrote:

> 
> 
> 
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> 
> First of all - congrats to the board on its 1st birthday.
> As a
> dtxpress owner for 4 months, this board has been critical
> to
> shortening my learning curve.
> 
> Just had first "audition/practice" last night at a local
> church for
> drummer for their praise team.  Knew the songs beforehand
> so did
> pretty well considering I've been playing only 4 months
> after 37
> years of no playing (yes - I'm much older than most of you
> guys).
> Best part - they thought I was great regardless of what I
> thought.
> 
> Prior to playing I read a post about changing the decay
> rate on hi-
> hat to get a more realistic, sustained sound.  Boy, what a
> change
> that was - did the trick and it sounded much better.
> 
> Last thing - while at the church I kept noticing noise
> from the bass
> drum pedal and kick tower.  It was very distracting.
> Seems that the
> pedal might have been bottoming-out.  Hadn't noticed this
> at home -
> probably because carpet at home is real thick and at
> church real
> thin.  Pedal I got with kit was lowest grade Yamaha.
> Since I am new
> at this, can someone recommend a very good pedal which
> might solve
> the problem.  Any other recommendations will be much
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks to all.
> 
> Bill
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Could you post the pic of your kick-mounting setup?
I'm very interested.

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