Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey Nick,

The strategy is ingenious, but make sure that you aren't subject to 
Milli Vanilli legislation. Judging from legal precedent in this 
brave new world of live performance, however, you should be able to 
avoid prosecution if you play at least something on your kit, once 
in a while, as the metronome takes the lead. Barring that, a 
disclaimer such as, "Pay no attention to the drummer behind the 
electronic kit," or something to that effect, may be in order. You 
can write it in print too small to notice.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
wrote:
> I know I'm late with this suggestion, I've only just caught up 
with 
> the question ... but there's a song with a very fast hi-hat I play 
> with my country band - "You're Gonna Love Me Some Day". I'm sure 
an 
> experienced drummer could manage it, but my relatively 
inexperienced 
> wrists get very sore when trying to keep pace. It's too damn fast. 
> Using both hands kinda made it sound less smooth, a little lop-
sided.
> So, as it was a straight beat timing (not shuffle), I worked out 
that 
> I could get my metronome to count out that rhythm, and all I had 
to 
> do was change the metronome sounds to match the hi-hat sound.  I 
> created a new main song, and stored the metronome timing to it, 
also 
> adding a few other things in.  And now, whenever we go to play the 
> song, all I have to do is hit a pad to get the song going and I 
just 
> mime playing the kit.  I produce perfect timing and nobody except 
the 
> band needs to know!
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Sakamoto" <sakamotj@y...> 
wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >    I was wondering if there is some "trick" to doing a type of 
> double 
> > time on the high hat.  There is a song by 311, called "Amber" 
and 
> the 
> > high hat sounds very different than most songs I've heard.  My 
> friend 
> > says he hears this high hat beat alot in reggae songs...In order 
to 
> > duplicate that, assuming you don't use 2 hands, is there any 
> trick?  
> > It kinda sounds like tik-kit tik-kit tik-kit..
> > 
> > Right now, I'm pounding(not literally....;)) away on the HH on 
the 
> > DTXpressII, but it doesn't sound quite right.  Wondering if it 
> might 
> > be something you can only do on a real HH?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Jon