Opinions wanted - Yamaha Tour Custom Drums
Question: I am currently looking at purchasing a set of Yamaha Tour Custom drums. I know they don't make them anymore...bummer...but this kit looks pretty good. There's 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 toms and a 22 Bass drum. The asking price is $1500 Cdn. I want to hear anyone's opinion on these drums. I al ...
- Yamaha Stage Custom Drums
Question: I noticed an ad in my January MD about this new series of drums by Yamaha. Does anyone have any info on these for me? What sets of Yamaha do they fall in between? Whats the price? How do they match up to other comapnies drums of the same caliber? Answer: I think they are replacing the ...
tagged: Yamaha Stage Custom Drum- Yamaha Snare Drum
Question: Hello group, maybe someone here can help me. My snare drum has a stuck lug on the snare side. I've already broke one drum key on it tryin' to loosen the lug. This is very strange. If the screw is some how cross threaded, how can I fix it. Answer: well...being an ex drum repair girl fr ...
tagged: Yamaha Snare Drum- Yamaha Drums
Question: I asked for info on all Yamaha Drums and someone was kind enough to send them to me but I unfortunately had deleted the files. Anyways, I have a more narrowd down question. I have a 6-7 year old Export set and was looking at a 5 Piece Yamaha Stage Custom set and was wondering what the ...
tagged: Yamaha Recording Custom Drum- Dream snare drum
Question: What would YOU consider to be the best marching snare/head/carrier/projector/stick combo available on the market today? (And yes, kitbashing a drum with parts from more than one manufacturer is kosher for the sake of this discussion.) For example, when I marched, we considered a t-bar ...
tagged: Yamaha March Snare Drum- If you got paid to march Drum Corps
Question: Where would the activity go, if Drum Corps went public, got recognized as a sport(whole different argument, so lets just not start on that one), and members started getting paid to march Drum Corps. What would happen to the activity. Corps Franchises? More popularity? What do you thin ...
tagged: Yamaha March Drum- Yamaha Maple Custom Drums-tuning
Question: I am having trouble tuning my 8 x 12 Yamaha tom. The bearing edges are perfect, the drum is not out of round, even the heads are flawless. The tone I get from the drum is not what I expected-the optimal tuning range is much lower than I expected. My Starclassic birch kit 11 x 12 tom h ...
tagged: Yamaha Maple Custom Drum- yamaha hip gig kits
Question: I'm looking for a good second kit to go out gigging with...the thread about the Rhythm Travelers kind of got me curious about other small, compact kits. Heard mostly bad about the Remo Legero, though there's a few die-hard fans who swear by them... One I've heard a lot of good things ...
tagged: Yamaha Hip Gig Drum- Seeking advice: Roland vs. Yamaha electronic drum sets
Question: I am trying to decide between the Roland Electronic Stage Set (which includes PD-9 pads, TD-7T sound module, etc.) and the Yamaha DS11 electronic drumset. I am interested in responses from people who have owned or tried either or (preferably) both. The set up will be used for quieter ...
tagged: Yamaha Electronic Drum- Setting up an Electronic Drum kit
Question: I was wondering if it is possible to set up an Electronic drum kit for around $1000 that sounds good. Is it possible to get a good sounding brain and at least a 5-pad kit in that price range? Someone also mentioned a while back that he made his own pads using some Radio-Shack part, an ...
tagged: Yamaha Electronic Drum Set- electronic drum kits
Question: has anybody had any experience with electronic drum kits, namely Yamaha's DTX-based kits like the DS10, Roland's TDE7K, and Dauz kits? I'm interested in how they compare with each other as well as to the real thing with respect to sound, feel, reliability, etc... Answer: I own the Yam ...
tagged: Yamaha Electronic Drum Kit- Yamaha electronic drum pad
Question: Anybody tried that new Yamaha Electronic Drum Pad set? The one with seven pads on it? I'm thinking about purchasing it and need some opinions. Answer: If you're talking about the DD50 I've got one. I bought it used and it proved to be a versatile tool for practising and live veing mid ...
tagged: Yamaha Electric Drum- Roland Electric Drum Kit
Question: First, I apologize to all the traditional acoustic drummers, but bear with me to see where I am heading. My 11 year old daughter wants to play drums. I have a music room in my basement where I (guitar) play with my 15 year old son (bass) to my Yamaha drum machine that I have about 200 ...
tagged: Yamaha Electric Drum Set- Yamaha Drum Brain backup utility
Question: I have a Yamaha DTX2 drum brain with my DTXtreme electronic drum kit. I have lost all of the data out of the drum brain before and I'd like to know if there is a way to hook this unit up to my PC to back up all of the settings (drum kits, trigger settings, customized sounds, etc). In ...
tagged: Yamaha Drum- FS: YAMAHA DRUM KIT (New Condition)
Question: Yamaha Tour Custom Drums; 12 and 13 toms, 16 and 18 floor toms, and 22x18 base drum. The Yamaha Tour Custom drum shells are made of birch, with a REAL high gloss lacquer finish. Pearl Maple 6 ? Free Floater Snare Tama Titan hardware; 2 booms, 2 Stilt straight, 1 straight, Stilt Lever ...
tagged: Yamaha Drum Set- Yamaha QY700
Question: Can anyone advise me as to the performance latency-wise of the Creative Soundblaster Live! or Live!Value when run with Cubase VST v.3.6. I have a Presario 5240 with 8gb HD, 64m Ram etc. I am about to upgrade my soundcard and wondered if anyone has the benefit of experience with a simi ...
tagged: Yamaha Drum Part- Yamaha Drum Pad question
Question: I need a small set of drum pads that I can use for putting drum parts into my midi sequencers. Someone has a yamaha DD-6 which sounds like what I'm looking for, but this person knows nothing about what the unit does and can't answer my questions. If anyone has any experience with this ...
tagged: Yamaha Drum Pad- FS: New Yamaha RM50 drum module
Question: FS: New Yamaha RM50 drum module I have one New (NOS) Yamaha RM50 drum module to sell comes complete with manual, box and warranty This is the killer machine over 1,000 awesome sounds 8 outs, 6 trigger ins List Price was $895 These are sought after and hard to find pieces. $500 Answer: ...
tagged: Yamaha Drum Module- A Stumping Yamaha Drum Machine Question
Question: I can't find any info On a drum machine... The Yamaha RY 10 Can anyone elaborate? Is it close too or better than the RY 30? What are your opinions on each? Or should i just go for the current Dr. 660? Answer: Well there is all the info you need at yamaha's website. http://www.yamaha.c ...
tagged: Yamaha Drum Machine- Midi Drum Kits get reset??? (XG Yamaha QY-70 and Cakewalk
Question: please forgive me if this is not the appropriate forum to ask this question. I've searched quite a bit and the manuals don't cover it. I have a Yamaha QY-70 sequencer (500+ GM and XG compatible sounds and 20+ Drum kits) and when I use the onboard sequencer I can have patterns and song ...
tagged: Yamaha Drum Kit
