thebarak
Senior Member
Just sharing my latest splurge. I have purchased a Yamaha DTX700 module to upgrade my DTX535K drum set.
I did this mainly to get better expression from the hi-hat. The 700 will add bow, edge, foot pressure on closed etc.
To be honest I did not realize the 500 module would not deliver all of this or I might have started with a 700 kit, but I am glad I did not because the DTX535K is the bargain of the range, having a 10" TCS snare, 15" ride, RH135 hats, and saving money by including the Yamaha rubber toms, which I actually really like.
Anyway, the DTX700 module should allow me to shelve the VST complications and get a killer sound straight from the box. Not that I don't love the maple and beech presets on the 500, but the hi-hat is very important.
And yes, I have like many others concluded that the 2Box module probably sounds best, but I think need to give them a generation or two and full US distribution and support before I consider that move.
I did this mainly to get better expression from the hi-hat. The 700 will add bow, edge, foot pressure on closed etc.
To be honest I did not realize the 500 module would not deliver all of this or I might have started with a 700 kit, but I am glad I did not because the DTX535K is the bargain of the range, having a 10" TCS snare, 15" ride, RH135 hats, and saving money by including the Yamaha rubber toms, which I actually really like.
Anyway, the DTX700 module should allow me to shelve the VST complications and get a killer sound straight from the box. Not that I don't love the maple and beech presets on the 500, but the hi-hat is very important.
And yes, I have like many others concluded that the 2Box module probably sounds best, but I think need to give them a generation or two and full US distribution and support before I consider that move.