Using Pintech Pads to expand VCustom

[bensnape]

I had my new VCustom kit delivered a couple of weeks ago and I've got just one problem with it... not enough cymbal pads. I'm used to having 5 or 6 cymbals on my acoustic kit... I keep hitting the ride cymbal thinking it's a crash coz I'm used to having a crash on that side.

...so I need to buy some new pads pretty quick.

I've seen on musiciansfriend.com that the Pintech Hi-Hat pads are way cheaper than and Roland pad options at just $40. If I bought this, I could free up my PD7 as an extra cymbal pad.

Also, Pintech cymbal pads start at $30...

I have 2 questions:

1) Has anyone used Pintech pads? Are they any good or completely useless?

2) Are the Hi-Hat and cymbal pads Dual Zone? Do they allow chokes on the cymbals?

If this is a stupid idea for expanding my kit, let me know... I'm new to the world of VDrums. Any other *cheap* suggestions would be welcome.

[drmoze]

I have an expanded V-custom set. (Who doesn't expand??? $^) I'm pretty sure the Pintechs are single-trigger, which wastes a separate cymbal sound. My two suggestions for expansion (cymbal) are:

Yamaha PCY-80S, triangular rubber pad, some flex, dual-trigger. About $70, makes a great ride or hihat.

Roland CY-6: About $80, mounts to standard cymbal bracket, also dual-trigger. I have 2 of these for my crashes now, and a PCY-80S for my ride.

A few folks (Gibraltar, ???) make rack-mount cymbal arms for about $25 or maybe less, for the CY-6's or PCY-80S. Or, if you used the supplied cymbal arms for the 6's, then you can just get multiclamps and L-rods for the PD-7's.

You could add 2 CY-6's as crashes or PCY-80S's as ride/hh, and keep the PD-7's as other cymbal/percussion pads. Just 'Y' Tom 3 into the Kick 1/2 input. This gives you a total of 6 dual-zone cymbals (hh, ride, 4 crashes) along with the snare, 3 toms, and kick, plus you still have the 11/12 input open for 2 dingbats or a BP80 percussion bar!

FWIW, I tilt my cymbals at an appropriate angle so I can strike the edge or the pad, as I like to max the sounds I have. I keep one PD-7 near-vertical to my right as either a cymbal or a percussion pad.

[wlkjw]

Originally posted by bensnape:

I have 2 questions:

1) Has anyone used Pintech pads? Are they any good or completely useless?

2) Are the Hi-Hat and cymbal pads Dual Zone? Do they allow chokes on the cymbals?

If this is a stupid idea for expanding my kit, let me know... I'm new to the world of VDrums. Any other *cheap* suggestions would be welcome.

Check out this link:
http://www.edrums.com/drumcomponents.htm

I own a set of pintechs, and love them. Not to say they are the best, but in my opinion, the best for their cost....