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    Slowly and surely I'm getting the time and funds to add some real cymbals to my ekit. (funds are not easy when Ive got a car to pay off and high car insurance) I will practice quietly in my apartment with the rubber cymbal pads, but when I gig live I will bring out the real cymbals. I've currently got

    1 Boom Cymbal Stand
    2 Mini Cymbal arms
    2 Gibralter Clamps to my rack that mounts the cymbal arms.
    1 Agazarian (Wuhan) 8" Splash
    1 Sabian B8 14" Thin Crash

    Comments? Opinions? Let me know! Thanks guys.

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    I've never seen an e-kit with real cymbals before
    Cymbals
    14" AA Fusion Hats | 8" Max Splash | 10" HHX Evolution Splash | 16" AA Bright Crash | 21" AA Raw Bell Dry Ride | 18" APX Crash | 14" Wuhan China
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    Ludwig Black Galaxy Acrolite 5x14" Snare
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    Well I'm definitely not the first to do it. And its fine if I am, I like how its working out. I hate hitting rubber cymbals.
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    Bump. No one else has comments?
    Yamaha DTXplorer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by YamahaDTX View Post
    Bump. No one else has comments?
    Yup, I will be doing that soon.

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    It's ok in your own environment but in a live scene unless you have a crackerjack sound guy, you won't like it.

    The biggest problem you will run into is the mix. In a live setting your cymbals will be down in the mix while your drums are going to be at the same level as the rest of the band. Unless you mic the cymbals, you will barely hear them. Then you run into the problem of the mics picking up other sounds and giving the sound guy more to crab about.

    I know from past experiences.
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    I agree with you Bish. I have a Roland TD-10 kit that I have used A Customs with. This is alot of fun just messing around the house with the Ekit amplified. When it comes to playing live, you should look into Roland CY-14 and CY-15 cymbals. They are a bit exspensive, but well worth it! The feel is very close to a real cymbal. Also, with my TD-10 expanded module, I can get 2 cymbals out of one with the dual trigger! Don't know with your module? I found some on EBAY for about half the original cost. They are AWESOME!!!!

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    I'd suggest skipping the Roland cymbals and purchase the Yamaha PCY-130/150/135/155 series instead. Quality construction, less expensive and you'll get two zones off these too (one sound on the bow and the another sound on the bell/edge). I've used PCY-150's on a TD-10exp and currently with a TD-20exp.

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