--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "fezzasus"
> <could_people_stop_being_funny_please@h...> wrote:
>
> > to be honest i dont like the sounds from te DTX much, i am
> > looking for better snare and cymbal sounds - does the DM5
offer
> > these? - i have decided the best way to get around the mono
only
> > thing is split the sterio cables into two mono ones so i can
> > assign them as completly different voices on the DM5 - i am
sure
> > adaptors can be purchased to do that..
>
> Tom,
>
> Cymbals seem to be the failing, one extent or another, of every
> module. I'm not wild about everything I've heard on the TD10.
Before
> I got the Visu-lites, I liked a few of the crashes and a couple of
> the rides on the Xpress module (I wish there were a good
ping), but I
> couldn't get any oomph out of them. Plus, when
unaccompanied by music
> to mask them a little, they sounded synthetic and artificial. As
for
> the hats, I like a bright, snappy sound; the closest to it for me
on
> the Xpress is a tweaked GM Jazz hat, which I like, though,
again, I
> wish it had more body. That said, the Visu-lites made a great
> difference to the cymbals that I was already disposed to like. A
> couple of us brought the matter up on the board earlier this
year. It
> may be something about the way energy is transmitted across
the
> acylic or the design of the pickups, but the Yamaha samples
seem to
> come across better on them. It's definitely a personal thing, but
I'm
> curious to hear if other people have the same impression.
Jade, for
> one, has said as much.
>
> To my mind, the snares on the DTX's are a little harsh and
limited in
> dynamic range. I'm waiting for the electronics to be able to
> reproduce lightest strokes with subtlety and to distinguish he
mid to
> hard ones with a little more grace.
>
> I'm assuming that you're talking about the DTXv2.0, but for the
> purposes of the question, it doesn't matter. You can't get
around the
> matter of feeding a mono module, like the DM5 stereo signals,
by
> splitting the feeds or getting an adaptor. For all intents and
> purposes, the stereo pads made by Yamaha, Roland, and
Pintech are
> glorified mono pads. Their single piezo pickup are simply able
to
> accomodate a second (or third) voice due to an FSR (or two)
on the
> rim, which functions basically as a toggle. Only modules built
to
> accept this particular design can handle it. Alesis modules
can't. A
> stereo pad played through one will get only the body sound, not
the
> rim or edge. Dual-zones pads, like the Pintech ConcertCasts
or the
> Visu-lite dual-zone rides, however, are constructed to be split
into
> two mono inputs, or a single input like the 9/10 on the Xpress,
via a
> TRS Y cable, and the equivalents on the DTXv2.0 and the
Rolands.
>
> > so.. should i go for the DM5 or look at other ideas?
>
> I've heard some people say that they like the DM5 cymbals
better than
> Yamahas. Let's see if anyone wants to go out on a limb here.
Can you
> listen to the module anywhere? You should listen to anything
that you
> can afford, if you can. You could also go the sampler route,
which
> will cost you some money.
>
> Ed
hmm ok - i will wait untill i recive my visu lites before i buy
anythng - not that i have a choice though - i have managed to
spend all my money on the visu lites, im just glad they are good
value.
unfortunatly i havn't got anywhere where i can test out the
modules.
thanks for the help
