Downstairs at my local music shop there was a DTXtreme set up, ready to play with a set ot 'phones, so I had a thrash.
And I'm totally undewhelmed. I just could not coax a realistic, satisfying snare, tom or cymbal sound out of the thing.
Now I'm the first one to admit that the TD-10 sounds less realistic than a good set of multisamples (I currently use Gigasampler and just the TD-10 hihat), but in my opinion the TD-10 sounds more realistic, and much more satisfying to play than the Yamaha. It wasn't a question of dynamics, which were fine, just that none of the kits made me want to carry on playing. Disabling all effects, EQ, ambience made no difference. All the sounds were dull, lifeless, with no sparkle, and all the samples were too short (yes I tried adjusting the decay) In fact, the sounds were very reminiscent of my Yamaha RM-50, a module which has been mouldering unused at the bottom of my rack for years. I tried playing music through the same set of headphones and it sounded fine, so it wasn't the 'phones or sound system.
Pads were OK but felt very lifeless, hardware was good and the module was nicely laid out, provising you're used to Yamaha's weird way of organising things.
What a shame, and what a missed opportunity.
And I'm totally undewhelmed. I just could not coax a realistic, satisfying snare, tom or cymbal sound out of the thing.
Now I'm the first one to admit that the TD-10 sounds less realistic than a good set of multisamples (I currently use Gigasampler and just the TD-10 hihat), but in my opinion the TD-10 sounds more realistic, and much more satisfying to play than the Yamaha. It wasn't a question of dynamics, which were fine, just that none of the kits made me want to carry on playing. Disabling all effects, EQ, ambience made no difference. All the sounds were dull, lifeless, with no sparkle, and all the samples were too short (yes I tried adjusting the decay) In fact, the sounds were very reminiscent of my Yamaha RM-50, a module which has been mouldering unused at the bottom of my rack for years. I tried playing music through the same set of headphones and it sounded fine, so it wasn't the 'phones or sound system.
Pads were OK but felt very lifeless, hardware was good and the module was nicely laid out, provising you're used to Yamaha's weird way of organising things.
What a shame, and what a missed opportunity.
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