Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

You have discovered the strong point with Yamaha modules, Realistic 
Sounds. I have purchased several modules and almost purchased Roland 
but the COSM stopped me in my tracks. Yamaha provides samples where  
the beef is on the bone. With Roland they give you the bone, and you 
build the beef. Personally I rather add to the already excellent 
acoustic sample than try to create it from a template sound. What 
you will find with Yamaha sounds are they do not get tired sounding. 
I own the DTXtreme-2 and they sound great through a PA. The 
triggering is nice as Roland units trigger very nicely also. The 
triggering is every bit as good as Rolands as I played the TD-8 and 
Xtreme side by side. In my side by side compairson the Yammie's 
sounded full and rich.  Roland modules are well laid out as are the 
Yamaha's. I like the idea of not having tom depths modeled and room 
abience etc. as it makes creating a sound more complex. Yamaha 
modules do have a lot of effects that can be added but for the most 
part a little reverb, and perhaps a bit of tuning will get the drum 
to sound excellent very easily. Kits are easy to build and the 
xtreme comes with a myrid of acoustic samples along with over 2000 
other samples. The Xtreme-2's ability to sample sounds is another 
area to be explored, You can load in your favorite sounds and store 
them on a media card. It's ability as a sequencer is world class and 
favored by some top drummers. I hope this helps. Not meaning to slam 
Roland's performance in it's sound. Trying to ascess in a fare way. 
Everyone has there preference. I am saving for a D Drum module to 
compare it with my Xtreme as I also am open to suggestions. For me, 
I found Yamaha so far makes the best sounding drums, acoustic and 
electronic. 

 --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> --- dtroitdsellvr" wrote:
> > Can anyone help me with this. I have played a Roland
> > Stage kit for about 3 years and thought I would look
> > into the DTXtreme since its a 6 piece kit. I went to
> > our local Sam Ash store to see what they were about
> > and found that they sounded great. Any input to this
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> What sort of input would you like?
> 
> Stewart