Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I invested in an extra clamp and long extension similar to the ones on the
Toms ... I place the HH at the top and the snare 1/2 way down or where ever
is comfortable at the time for the songs that I will be playing.

Scott









>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:25:00  0000 moosetication <moosetication@...>
wrote.
>--- underneathheaven  wrote:
>> ... instead of keeping the hi-hat pad on 
>> the snare rack-arm, you could move the hi-hat
>> pad up to the arm that carries the xpress module.
>
>I think this is essential, frankly. You're just too limited for 
>relative positioning otherwise. The big issue is the size of the 
>pads... on an acoustic kit, you might have 13" hats and a 14" snare, 
>which means you can get the snare close enough to the hats to run 
>16ths from the hats to somewhere on the snare, while still keeping 
>the snare sweet spot in a sensible place. With two 8" pads, that's 
>nigh-on impossible. This is one of the main reasons I "upgraded" the 
>snare to a 10" Pintech, and the hit-hat to a TP65S. It's still far 
>from perfect, but it ain't bad.
>
>You can get an idea of what I mean here:
>http://www.manley.org.uk/images/kit.jpg
>
>Stewart
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