Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey. I thought I'd just have to live with the brick wall feel and
tin can sound of the yamaha DTXpress kick trigger. 

Until I tried the Roland KD-7 kick trigger at a music store (long
and macquade) here in toronto.  Wow... what a difference.

I am trading in my yamaha kick for the kd-7, which works out to
30 bucks extra.

Even though the KD-7 is a reverse-beater 'kick yourself in the
foot style', it feels just like a normal setup. I guess the
upright stand is a more of a mental comfort than a feel enhancement.  
The KD-7 is more solid (it doesn't move at all on my med pile carpet, 
probably assisted by the fact the trigger is being hit toward you not 
away :) and the velcro stuff on the bottom is also a helpful 
anchoring mechanism. 

The KD-7 is so much quieter, and more importantly, the thick but 
hollow rubber trigger head lets me
'dig in to the head' so to speak and feels better than some acoustic
base drums! I can now play much quicker and comfortably.

Now that I have solved my kick woes with the KD-7 (I couldn't play 
notes in rapid succession due to the brick wall play of the yamaha 
kick trigger) I can't see how yamaha could put out such a subpar 
trigger!

Try the KD-7. Are you listening YAHAMA ?? Compare the KD-7 to your 
subpar kick trigger!!

P.s. anyone else pump the gain on the ride cymbal trigger to 99? it
really helps. Its better than adjusting the voice vol settings as the 
gain change makes all the preset kits' rides louder. Also upped the 
min volume of the ride trig as well. I also set self rej. to 0 for 
snare and toms.

Cheers,

Gary

Gary,

Thanks for the info. I too like the feel of the KD-7, though I use a KP80S.

I remember reading a bunch of posts in the Drumweb message forum a year or
so ago about the KD-7 and the camp was split in two--some loved it, others
called the bent beater "perverse." The only thing they could agree upon was
that the unit is not the most robust around, and the electronics tend to
give up after lots of heavy use. Could be they all do, however.

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

pete

p.s.: Nice to see another Torontonian on the list.

> From: garyduke@...
> Reply-To: DTXpress@egroups.com
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 16:28:39 -0000
> To: DTXpress@egroups.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] In kick heaven with my KD-7
> 
> Hey. I thought I'd just have to live with the brick wall feel and
> tin can sound of the yamaha DTXpress kick trigger.
> 
> Until I tried the Roland KD-7 kick trigger at a music store (long
> and macquade) here in toronto.  Wow... what a difference.
> 
> I am trading in my yamaha kick for the kd-7, which works out to
> 30 bucks extra.
> 
> Even though the KD-7 is a reverse-beater 'kick yourself in the
> foot style', it feels just like a normal setup. I guess the
> upright stand is a more of a mental comfort than a feel enhancement.
> The KD-7 is more solid (it doesn't move at all on my med pile carpet,
> probably assisted by the fact the trigger is being hit toward you not
> away :) and the velcro stuff on the bottom is also a helpful
> anchoring mechanism.
> 
> The KD-7 is so much quieter, and more importantly, the thick but
> hollow rubber trigger head lets me
> 'dig in to the head' so to speak and feels better than some acoustic
> base drums! I can now play much quicker and comfortably.
> 
> Now that I have solved my kick woes with the KD-7 (I couldn't play
> notes in rapid succession due to the brick wall play of the yamaha
> kick trigger) I can't see how yamaha could put out such a subpar
> trigger!
> 
> Try the KD-7. Are you listening YAHAMA ?? Compare the KD-7 to your
> subpar kick trigger!!
> 
> P.s. anyone else pump the gain on the ride cymbal trigger to 99? it
> really helps. Its better than adjusting the voice vol settings as the
> gain change makes all the preset kits' rides louder. Also upped the
> min volume of the ride trig as well. I also set self rej. to 0 for
> snare and toms.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gary