Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Creighton,

I'm the 52-year-old proud father of a girl who's turning four next 
month. What do you think I'll be paying for her college education? 
My estimate is roughly $7.000.000 per year, that is, if she gets a 
scholarship.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "creighton_higgins" 
<creighton@l...> wrote:
> Hey Ed
> Actually- 1 complete, 1 finishes this spring and 2 more to go. 
Good 
> idea on the rubber layer. I am enjoying the response of the pad- 
> wonder how it will feel? I'll let you know soon as I can raise the 
> money for a couple inches of double-sided tape.---
> 
>  In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> 
> wrote:
> > Creighton,
> > 
> > Nice ingenuity. You have two kids in college? How on earth did 
you 
> > ever afford the Remo practice pad? Is there any possibility of 
> > covering the pad with a thin layer of rubber, say, from a mouse 
pad 
> > to cut down on the noise?
> > 
> > Ed
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "creighton_higgins" 
> > <creighton@l...> wrote:
> > > I have been one of the folks moaning about problems with the 
KP60 
> > > which shipped with the original DTXpress. Current 
circunstances 
> > have 
> > > prohibited me from replacing it with something excellent- 
(kids 
> in 
> > > college, etc.). 
> > > 
> > > This weekend when the leads disintegrated on the piezzo for 
the 
> > third 
> > > time I built a trigger pad based on a Remo tunable practice 
pad. 
> > > (just like many of the DIY articles show.)I removed the rubber 
> > > striking surface from the kick tower and installed the Remo. I 
am 
> > > finding that my double triggers are gone, that I have much 
more 
> > > dynamic range, and that the pad feels much more "natural" than 
> the 
> > > rubber block. The pad is, however, much louder than the 
original 
> > and 
> > > maybe projects 1/2" or so closer to the beater than the 
original.
> > > 
> > > If anyone is interested, I'll take some pictures of the setup 
and 
> > > will let you know how it endures.