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

2003-04-26 by underneathheaven

lol, Jade they sound better? :)  How does it sound better?

-UN.H



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Jade <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> 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@y...> 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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