Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Yeah a shame really lets hope things change for the better.
Yeah I am sure with the products they have to work with they could 
put out some products that would really kick butt. The technology is 
there and the price for memory is dirt cheap these days so there is 
no excuse for not being able to do it.
That's funny because the DTXTREME really got dogged by allot of the 
folks over there when it came out.


 Mark




--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "mgk66219" 
<machinegunkelley@h...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > I have never understood the reason that Roland products are 
pushed 
> > in music stores and Yamahas are thrown to the side, I am sure 
its 
> > money related whether in profit margins that the store makes or 
> > maybe its some kind of salesmen incentive that Roland offers to 
the 
> > stores sales force. Either way Yamaha needs to figure a way to 
> > correct this.
> 
> Frankly, Roland owns the market. If a company has lots of products 
to 
> offer, and these product lines sell, then the store will feature 
this 
> company's products. It's a self-validating cycle, especially from 
a 
> comparative standpoint; no one is remotely poised to challenge 
> Roland's dominance. They market well, they mass-produce to back up 
> the hype, and for the most part, the stuff is good. Pintech and 
Hart 
> don't count in an economy of scale. Yamaha's predicament speaks 
for 
> itself. First, they drop the mid-level product (DTX), and then the 
> high end (DTXtreme). Granted, the Xtreme was due for an overhaul. 
> Roland's patent on woven-head technology put Yamaha at a distinct 
> disadvantage, and the electronics were getting old in the tooth. I 
> firmly believe, however, that if the DTXpress were not doing so 
well, 
> Yamaha would have a greater incentive to develop more products, or 
at 
> least develop them more quickly. Too bad, really. I think that 
Yamaha 
> is in the best position to manufacture a genuinely advanced 
module. 
> What other electonics company has such a range of acoustic 
> instruments to sample? Their only inherent weakness, to my mind,  
> revolves around the e-cymbal samples that they offer--too few good 
> ones. I'm hoping that the licensing problem that they're having 
with 
> the new module concerns rights to use Ziidjian, Sabian, etc.
> 
> > Good to hear the VDRUM users have become more tolerant of Yamaha 
> > users since we all really have the same goals in mind, it makes 
> > sense to help each other out.
> 
> When word got out that the Xtreme was discontinued, many on the 
> vdrums forum couldn't wait to take advantage of the discount. At 
the 
> same time, as if to justify their new-found interest, the comments 
> about Yamaha started to improve as well. It's amazing what a lower 
> price can do to the perceived quality of a rival product.
> 
> Ed