Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

does anybody here know much about the ddrum4 se brain thats supposed 
to be the most realistic sounding module ever. I have been reading up 
about it and it did seems to be pretty highly regarded, however when 
reading about modules on the hart website i was a bit shocked with 
what they said. they didnt seem to like it all that much, also 
apparently there are no x talk settings, leaving the only 
alternative, in order to eliminate crosstalk, to be reducing the 
sensitivity of the pads (hence loosing much of the quality the sounds 
have to offer). does anybody know if its really that bad or does 
peter hart not like ddrum for some reason!!? 

thought i'd run this by this group, as many of the members have had 
experience with a wide variety of edrum equipment, and coz most of 
the other groups are kinda dormant at times...

cheers pete

On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 04:48  pm, peterpan wrote:

> does anybody here know much about the ddrum4 se brain

It is very expensive, I know that. Wembley Drum list it for £975.10, 
and a month or so ago there was rumour that there was a new killer 
module on the way. I tried to get information from Hand to Hand (the UK 
ddrum distributor) but didn't get anywhere - whoever it is that deals 
with ddrum never ever seems to be there.

pb

Pete,
Here's what I know about ddrum and crosstalk. A few years back, K&K 
sound invented a device called the 'Trigmaster.' It is a device that 
can tell the difference between an actual drum stick strike, and any 
other vibration. When I used acoustic drums with ddrum triggers, the 
trigmaster was able to filter virtually all extraneous vibrations. I 
could trigger without muffling the drum heads at all. This is amazing. 
The story goes, that at a trade show, a ddrum rep saw the K&K 
trigmaster, and stole the idea. It is now incorporated into all ddrum 
modules, thus eliminating a crosstalk setting.
If you are triggering acoustic drums, I strongly reccomend the 
Trigmaster.
Scott

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "peterpan" <malakies2000@y...> wrote:
> 
> does anybody here know much about the ddrum4 se brain thats supposed 
> to be the most realistic sounding module ever. I have been reading 
up 
> about it and it did seems to be pretty highly regarded, however when 
> reading about modules on the hart website i was a bit shocked with 
> what they said. they didnt seem to like it all that much, also 
> apparently there are no x talk settings, leaving the only 
> alternative, in order to eliminate crosstalk, to be reducing the 
> sensitivity of the pads (hence loosing much of the quality the 
sounds 

> have to offer). does anybody know if its really that bad or does 
> peter hart not like ddrum for some reason!!? 
> 
> thought i'd run this by this group, as many of the members have had 
> experience with a wide variety of edrum equipment, and coz most of 
> the other groups are kinda dormant at times...
> 
> cheers pete

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "hairytrigger" <artifax@i...> wrote:
> Pete,
> Here's what I know about ddrum and crosstalk. A few years back, K&K 
> sound invented a device called the 'Trigmaster.' It is a device 
that 
> can tell the difference between an actual drum stick strike, and 
any 
> other vibration. When I used acoustic drums with ddrum triggers, 
the 
> trigmaster was able to filter virtually all extraneous vibrations. 
I 
> could trigger without muffling the drum heads at all. This is 
amazing. 
> The story goes, that at a trade show, a ddrum rep saw the K&K 
> trigmaster, and stole the idea. It is now incorporated into all 
ddrum 
> modules, thus eliminating a crosstalk setting.
> If you are triggering acoustic drums, I strongly reccomend the 
> Trigmaster.

Pete and Scott,

Ed Morin plays a ddrum live-precisely the situation in which it is 
supposed to be most vulnerable to crosstalk. He told me that he has 
never had any trouble. But the other matter about ddrum, unless the 
latest version is a departure, is that, unlike the Yamahas and 
Rolands, it has no effects of its own. You have to buy outboard 
units, which would probably be an improvement, though it would 
further jack up the price.

Ed