Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "temp1111" <temp1111@w...> wrote:
 
> One area that I am a bit confused on, is the number of tom voices 
for a given voice family.  For example I have decided that for 
starters I like the sound of the Maple toms in preset kit #2.  The 
voices used are dryMaple10, 13, 14 and 16 which is fine to match up 
with the 4 e-toms that come with the DTX2s, but I have a 6, 8, 12, 15 
and 18 in additional acoustic toms (above and beyond my 10, 13, 14 
and 16)
> 
> So... my question is, is there somewhere I can download additional 
toms to match these sizes or are they hidden on the included CD (I 
reviewed the Data handbook but could not find anything to indicate 
that additional voices for the Maple kit were included there)
> 
> If there is nowhere to get these voices from, is my only option to 
adjust the tuning of the 4 existing toms?  That doesn't seem like it 
will be adequate since the diameter and depth of the shell make as 
much of a difference as tuning.  I'm not sure if I'm explaining my 
question/concern properly, but I guess my bottom line is, how do I 
best go about getting voices for my extra tom sizes. 

Hi Vic,

Got it. If you had COSM, you'd be able to adjust for shell depths and 
diameters. Just kidding. I don't know what's on the CD ROM that comes 
with the kit. Yamaha has been known to skip a few sizes on their tom 
samples in the past, so you may not be able to fill in the gaps. One 
thing that you might try besides adjusting the tuning is varying 
delay on the missing sizes to compensate, and you can experiment with 
laying voices to create a missing drum--say, layering a 14 and a 16 
to get a 15. Also, the difference between 12 and 13 wouldn't seem to 
be so great that tuning and a little extra tweaking of parameters 
might provide enough differentiation. I'd be tempted to say the same 
thing about 16 and 18 (you might use a maple kick to approximate the 
latter). I'll go way out on a limb and speculate that tuning to a 6 
and 8 from the 10, keeping the results relatively dry, while the 
larger sizes get progressively wetter, might not sound bad at all. 

But you might want to ask Yamaha directly about the availability of 
the full series somewhere. Join Yamaha's DTXperience forum, and pose 
the question directly to Yamahammer. If he doesn't know, he'll find 
someone who does.

Ed