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Re: [DTXpress] Re: Which round e-cymbals work well with the Yamaha?

2003-04-26 by Jade

UNH-
VISULITES! VISULITES! VISULITES!....It may seem
strange, but they seem to sound better too!  I will be
getting the HH cymbals as soon as I can save up enough
to get them.
Jade
--- liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
> UNH,
> 
> Given all the years that we've known each other, my
> answer probably 
> won't come as a surprise: Visu-lites--rides,
> crashes, and hats. 
> Here's my ranking from worse to best: Hart ride
> (poor tracking and 
> volume), although the crashes through Yamaha
> supposedly work fine 
> (ask Walt and Sam); Roland CY-6 (a little thin and
> finicky, though 
> all stereo cymbals seem at least a bit unreliable);
> the Yamaha 
> wedges; Pintech Zenbal (primarily the stereo version
> used as two 
> crashes--the bow is too narrow, and the rim too
> pronounced, to suit 
> me as a ride, though I'll bet that the mono Zenbal
> would make a good 
> ride); finally, the Visu-lites, which are a
> revelation. Ask Jade 
> about them, too. Please take my view with a grain of
> salt; e-
> cymbals, like everything else in electronic
> drumming, have an 
> element of personal taste, but, in general, I'd say
> that e-cymbals 
> are the most problematical triggers, especially the
> stereo ones. 
> Until I tried the Visu-lites, I was resigned to a
> certain amount of 
> unreliabiity. Not anymore.
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven"
> <realvast@s...> 
> wrote:
> > I've seen people discuss Roland cymbals, Pintech,
> and Zenbals but 
> > somewhere along the way I didn't pick up which
> worked the best 
> with 
> > Yamaha.  I'm not talking which one works good or
> ok with the 
> > dtxpress, I want one that functions properly all
> the time.  (The 
> > actual round e-cymbals.)  Thanks for repeating the
> information!
> > 
> > -UN.H
> 
> 


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