Well that looks pretty cool, CharlyG.
A bit of an anniversary gift or have you been really good, already this year?
Here is a picture of my setup. But before I show the pic, lemme 'splain sumpin. I wanted a small kit so I could schlep it to church once in a while, but since I am a techy, I wanted the module with all the power. So, I bought a DTXpress II with a folding rack and it works GREAT!
I then went through 3 module upgrades before settling on the Xtreme III. I have sold them all and the $850 for the module alone doesn't seem so bad. I also upgraded the ride, crashes, and snare drum. I am using a PCY-65S for a hihat cuz I had probs with real hats, and this one does the trick for me. I have open and closed, but since the hat has an edge, I have that pgmd to ~ half open, which is my fave hat sound.
The first thing I did when I received the module was put 512mb of ram in it for sampling, and I upgraded the firmware to the DTX900 features!
Without further ado....
Yamaha DTXtreme III FrankenXpress w/ various pads and cymbals
Pearl Eliminator w/Vater Bomber
Roc-N-Soc Motion
Vater 7A Sugar Maple
Simmons DA-200S
Sony MDR-7506
MacBookPro Core2 Duo 2.33,4gb,500gb w/SD2, Reason 4, and LE9
http://s591.photobucket.com/albums/ss358/Charlygo/
Well that looks pretty cool, CharlyG.
A bit of an anniversary gift or have you been really good, already this year?
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Nice kit Charlyg! That module looks like it can do the job of a hundred. Congrats on the purchase and also the wedding aniversary.
Can you specify the upgraded components and their advantages from what you had? Thanks. Reason I ask? I want similar action
Edit: Just info on the ride, crashes, and snare. Thanks
late8
Nice !! I am with ya on the compact e set ! That is the way I want to go using roland !! Fold that puppy up and go !
E Drums !! !
There are no loud instruments just loud players !
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Nice looking kit CharlyG!...Have you built any user kits yet?....One thing I would recommend is a RHH135 hihat pad..great action and it's designed to work with a real hihat stand...
Nice set up,i use 3 yamaha PCY-65,there are great cymbals
Looking good. Bet it's a dream to play.
-Ben
Thanks guys!
Bish - I have a DM5 set and a 16 channel firewire mixer to sell and I will either come out even, or up a couple hundred from when I had the renowns.
late - The "best" cymbals are the 135, 155 cymbals. I upgraded the pie shaped (65) to circular(130,150 series) and if I had it to do over, I would have gone straight to the 5's. Better feel and the bell works better on the ride.
Scorch - I am happy with using the PCY65S for hats. I never learned how to use the real ones. And I did a maple based user kit with decent cymbals. I seem to NEVER like the cymbals on the default kits.
I need to clean up the cables again. I swapped out the cymbals(needed stereo cables) since I last pulled it out for cable maintenance.
Last edited by CharlyG; 03-05-2010 at 11:33 AM.
Yamaha DTXtreme III FrankenXpress w/ various pads and cymbals
Pearl Eliminator w/Vater Bomber
Roc-N-Soc Motion
Vater 7A Sugar Maple
Simmons DA-200S
Sony MDR-7506
MacBookPro Core2 Duo 2.33,4gb,500gb w/SD2, Reason 4, and LE9
http://s591.photobucket.com/albums/ss358/Charlygo/
daaamn Nice kit.
Wait does the beater has something on it, or that's the beater itself??
Yamaha DTXtreme III FrankenXpress w/ various pads and cymbals
Pearl Eliminator w/Vater Bomber
Roc-N-Soc Motion
Vater 7A Sugar Maple
Simmons DA-200S
Sony MDR-7506
MacBookPro Core2 Duo 2.33,4gb,500gb w/SD2, Reason 4, and LE9
http://s591.photobucket.com/albums/ss358/Charlygo/
Very nice set up Charly! It's great to get things just the way you want them.
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Thanks for the info charlyG!
Scorch - They are all too gongy or not loud enough. I go for the AAX/HH sabian kinda sound.
Yamaha DTXtreme III FrankenXpress w/ various pads and cymbals
Pearl Eliminator w/Vater Bomber
Roc-N-Soc Motion
Vater 7A Sugar Maple
Simmons DA-200S
Sony MDR-7506
MacBookPro Core2 Duo 2.33,4gb,500gb w/SD2, Reason 4, and LE9
http://s591.photobucket.com/albums/ss358/Charlygo/
Sweet setup Charly!
Matt
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