Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Darren I would definately not judge the DTXpress on what you heard 
or played with at that store.  First of all you only saw a small 
percentage of what the DTXpress does and how it sounds.  Its true 
that some sounds aren't too good on the module, but its also true 
that many more sounds REALLY make up for it!  And if you aren't 
happy with what your hearing, hey, you can make them sound the way 
you want, which comes in really handy!!  I'm willing to bet that 
module has been messed with by everyone, even non-drummers just to 
see what it is.  I went into my music store without ever hearing an 
edrum and played with it for 15 mins and I was pretty content with 
it and bought one.  It wasn't till after I got home that I realized 
I had bought a whole lot more!  I LOVE the set and am so glad I 
purchased it!  If the majority of the sounds sounded like rubbish I 
wouldn't have bought it or I would have returned it.  I got to play 
with a fresh module out of the box so I think that made a big 
difference in what I played with.  Also consider what Ed said.  What 
you hear the audio through makes a HUGE difference.  You have to 
tweak some stuff to make it sound just right and I'm not sure if 
that music store put that much effort into it you know?  I'd say go 
back, grab an employee and ask him some stuff about the setup.  Just 
give it another shot because I get the vibe you got a very false 
first impression.


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, darren <darren.hussey@v...> wrote:
> hello everyone,
> 
> you may remember last week i posted with some questions regarding 
the
> dtexpress which concerned me (thanks to everyone who replied!) 
which was
> excellent, it answered all my technical worries enough for me to 
drive to
> the store (60 miles) and actually try one.
> 
> ... I have a problem - it sounded rubbish in  my humble opinion! 
sounded
> like the drums on my sw1000xg soundcard, which is exactly what i'm 
trying to
> get away from. Now there were no helpful assistants to aid me, and 
i didnt
> have long to spend fiddling around with the buttons, but tell me 
people - do
> you have to dig through all the parameters and stuff to get good 
sounds?
> should i persevere? to me the presets on the td6 sounded better.
> 
> Please dont misunderstand me here, i'm not attacking the dtxpress 
at all, in
> fact my heart was so set on it that i was thoroughly downbeat when 
i walked
> out of the store empty handed. Am I expecting too much? has anyone 
heard the
> ddrums?
> 
> I dont want to upset anybody man, i really really wanted one of 
these things
> but at the end of the day i can't live with that quality of sound 
that i
> heard in the store - whats going on?
> 
> d