Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> Absolutely. Someone else brought it up here, and it prompted me to
> go and look. I've had mine for just two months and it's starting to
> go.

> I'm dubious about Yamaha's suggestion to use a softer beater. I'm
> beginning to wonder if the hard, smooth plastic side of the beater,
> rather than the felt side, would be best. 

It doesn't matter.  I originaly used the hard side of my beaters, and then 
switched to the felt side (which are really hard & rough).  I went and bought 
bass drum beater patches, which works just fine now and won't interfere with 
the sensitivity of the triggering.

Stephanie