Ed
Thanks
for your thoughtful response. I agree with the your assessment of stereo
devices. One of my issues with edrums is dynamic range: once you tailor the
system to reject crosstalk and adjust gain, etc., it seems that one's loudness
range is limited. The edge switch on stereo pads is just that- a switch- so
there is no way to play that part of the pad soft or loud- it just triggers. The
edge of my Yamaha failed but the piezo still triggers, so I expect to end up
with 2 mono cymbals, and the stereo Zenbal. I'm thinking that the old PCY will
go to input 9 or 10 through a splitter. This sound right to
you?
It
seems to me that there are so many variables between pad design and the various
modules that it is hard to find "the truth" about a product. Over and over I see
posts where someone says they hate something, and a few days later they like it
once it's dialed in. Go figure.
thanks
-----Original Message-----The subject piqued my curiosity so I went and checked out the thread
From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@...]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:52 AM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Pintechs - dual or stereo?
on vdrum. It's basically two people who reported being really
unhappy, though one started out differently. Chris Jude, whose
opinion I respect immensely, reports that he's heard more bad than
good, though he appears not to have had firsthand experience. In the
interests of fair play, if any cymbal is going to get its share of
criticism, it would be a stereo, and that seems to be the case at
vdrum. The relative location of the triggers makes them more prone
than monos or duals to disappoint. They put more of a strain on
technique and attention to detail. I will also admit that so far as
basic types of e-cymbal are concerned, my least favorite design is
the stereos, but they have advantages of budget and space that the
others don't, and, as I said, to me the Zenbal is superior to the
alternatives that I know.
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"
wrote:
> Creighton,
>
> Do you remember who trashed it on Vdrum? Well, you definitely
can't
> please all of the people all of the time (especially everyone at
the
> Roland site), but my experience, and that of very many others,
with
> the ZB2 is very favorable. I don't mean to diminish it by saying
> that I don't have it anymore (I've gone exclusively to Visu-lite);
>; of all the stereo cymbals that I've tried, I rate it easily the
> highest. I think of reliability for the stereos on two fronts: (1)
> the probability that it will make any sound when you hit it and
(2)
> the probability that it will provide the expected sound when you
hit
> it. For me, the Zenbal almost never failed to sound, and it rarely
> failed to make the sound I expected. It also swings, unlike the
> similarly priced Roland CY-6 or obviously the Yamahas. By the way,
I
> also owned a CY-6, which I found to be mediocre. When I sold it,
> however, VDrum people crawled out of the woodwork to buy it. So go
> figure. Roland people have this weird love/hate loyalty to their
> company. They trash the products like crazy, but many of them
won't
> budge from them.
>
> I don't remember any particular glitches in programming it, but
> Stephen, who has come to love his, reported that it took some time
> to get them adjusted to the DTX module. I liked it better as two
> crashes than as a ride, because of its layout. But I would truly
be
> surprised if any former Yamaha owner, who came to it, wasn't
> impressed.
>
> I'm kicking myself because I sold my Zenbal, as well as CY-6, to
> members of Vdrum.com. I'd much prefer to sell within this group,
but
> at the time, no one here was interested.
>
> Ed
>
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins"
> wrote:
> > Hey Ed
> > Got your mail after visiting a thread at V-drums.com which
trashed
> the
> > Zenbals. Now I'm feeling insecure! And to think I sold a child
to
> buy this.
> > (it was the ugly one)
> > Have you run a ZB-2 through a DTX? Any tricks to setup?
> > Creighton
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@y...]
> > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 8:54 AM
> > To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Pintechs - dual or stereo?
> >
> >
> > Steward and Creighton,
> >
> > The Pintech Zenbal is a stereo cymbal (and a good one).
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >; --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins"
> > wrote:
> > > Stewart
> > > I'm thinking it's stereo since it's chokeable which usually
> means
> > the rim
> > > has an FSR (Force Sensitive Resistor?). I have one UPSing to
> me as
> > we speak
> > > from the good folk at Drumbalaya. When it comes and I get it
to
> > work- will
> > > be back to share.
> > >
> > > Creighton
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: moosetication [mailto:moosetication@y...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:54 PM
> >; > To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [DTXpress] Pintechs - dual or stereo?
> > >
> > >
> > > Since it seems to have been fairly comprehensively
> demonstrated
> > that
>; > > I am mentally two lugs short of a complete set, can
someone
> tell
> > me
> > > if the Zenbal ZB2 is a genuine dual zone or a stereo?
> > >
> > > Stewart
> > >
> > >
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