Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ernie Vega" <sternern@y...> wrote:
> I have no clue and would appreciate the advice and/or posts.
> 
> I have 2 sets. One with the DTX ver 2.2, and the other with the
> DTXpress.I really want to upgrade the module, and I would like to 
stay
> with Yamaha. But, I dont have the slightest clue what the 
differences
> are. I am going to upgrade the DTX ver 2.2 to either a DTXPRESS II 
or
> a DTXPRESS III. Those are within my price range($250-$350). Is this 
an
> upgrade or am I stepping down? What makes the II or III better? I 
dont
> think i'll go to the III because I believe its for 3-zone pads, 
which
> I have none of. I really dont care for the user interface the DTX
> gives me as oppossed to the DTXpress. Im told that their are more
> voices in the DTXpess II..Is that true? Also, I would like to
> interface it with my pc. I have found the DTX to be hard to connect.
> My DTXpress hooked right up. Are their any other advantages to the 
II
> or III? I really appreciate the input fellas. Thanks again.

Ern,

From my point of view, you'd be stepping down in ergonomics and a few 
useful features, like more elaborate stacking or crossfading, but 
you'd be gaining three-zone capability and trigger flexibility, with 
either the II or the III. The DTX represents Yamaha's oldest 
triggering technology. The advantage of the III over the II is mainly 
some new Motif cymbal sounds and, I think, more three-zone-capable 
inputs. Whether this is enough justification to spend more is not for 
me to say.

Ed