Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Grumpy Stewart:
The Pintech Zenbal seems to differ functionally from the Yamaha in that it
takes more of a whack to trigger and it is more difficult to setup such that
a rim hit does not trigger the bow. I did an inadvertent reset a couple of
weeks ago and it took forever to get the thing working as I prefer. This is
my fault for procrastinating on writing down settings. I suspect that
Pintech designs around other modules and my complaint- such as it is- does
not generalize to Roland's brains. I purchased the Pintech because the
Yamaha broke and I (perhaps foolishly and superstitiously) thought that
another Yamaha might break also. I want to own things that don't break,
although so far in life I have been unsuccessful. If business brings you
near Baltimore, you are welcome to lay hands on the offending equipment.

Creighton

-----Original Message-----
From: moosetication [mailto:moosetication@...]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:55 PM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Bust rim switch on TP80S


--- Creighton Higgins wrote:

> I went through the same thing. Opened up the cymbal and
> found nothing obviously amiss and realized I had no
> clue as to how to test the rim switch.

Well, snap. Moved the pads around so it's less of a problem (put it
on a crash/crash rather than the crash/ride, where it was a bit
obvious when I got the wrong voice).

> So... Bought a Zenbal dual zone from the good folks at
> Drumbalaya and use the old Yamaha as a single-zone
> non-choking pad, much like the ride.

A temptation, but until eurodrummer.com gets some momentum and
(hopefully) gets real about prices of Pintech tackle in Europe, that
may have to remain a pipedream. I'd rather wait for a business trip
to the US and take some home with me than pay the standard obscene
pound-for-dollar conversion. And while we're on the topic, what the
heck is pintecheu.com for? It doesn't seem to sell anything, or have
anything visibly different to the main US site. Why bother?

> note: the Zenbal feels and looks good but is very fussy
> about set-up.

That's disappointing to hear. I have worked my way around the
peculiarities of the SE-102 which I use as a main snare. Fussy in
what way?

> I might have been happier buying another Yamaha.

Yeah. Yamaha pads are turning up on eBay in a steady trickle. I
don't dislike 'em enough to do anything rash right now. I need some
other things before I start getting uppity with my cymbals. I'd
rather get a mesh snare first. And a second module before that. And
a ... and a ... [head explodes]

Stewart (who seems to be grumpy at the moment)




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