Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks for that comprehensive answer, Ed!  Now I'm in the picture.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> 
> One reason why upgrading to the DTXtreme doesn't come under much 
> discussion lately is that it has been continued since January and 
is 
> in short supply. Where it can be found it is usually discounted 
> heavily. You'll notice some activity on the board about getting 
hold 
> of the module. The pads of the kit were elegant-looking wooden 
> shells covered with mylar heads, which could be swapped for woven 
> ones, and those who use them usually praise the sound and response. 
> The cymbals were the usual Yamaha wedges. The rack and hardware 
were 
> more sturdy than that of the DTXpress, and the tom mounts were 
RIMS, 
> I think. The module supported chaining 32 kits and stacking 
> six/alternating nine voices instead of the DTXpress's two. It had 
> more versatile parameters, especially for the snare, as well as 
> positional sensing. A storage card, which most people seemed to 
find 
> inadequate, could hold 4 MB of voices, kits, or songs. It had much 
> better ergonomics--big, back lit, and well appointed with knobs 
that 
> facilitated adjustments on the fly. Yamaha is going to release 
> something updated late in the summer, and truth be told, some parts 
> of the package needed it. Rumor has it that the module is worth 
> waiting for.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
> wrote:
> > I know that the DTXtreme can connect more pads, and it has more 
> pad 
> > sounds than the DTXpress. But apart from that, can anyone tell me 
> > what advantages it offers over the DTXpress?  (I note that there 
> is 
> > much discussion of combining the DTXpress with Roland hardware 
and 
> > other brand products, but virtually no talk of upgrading to a 
> > DTXtreme.)