Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "peterpan" <malakies2000@y...> wrote:
> if anybody here knows anything about the sounds it has to offer. as 
i 
> currently own and am using a dtxpress I i thought that perhaps the 
> sounds might be the same?! 

Pete,

Both the XpressI and DTX had the same number of voices (928); it's a 
good bet that these voices were the same. The difference lies in what 
each module could do with them. The DTX had 61 kits, as opposed to 
the Xpress' 48; it could stack five voices, rather than two; it could 
accommodate more pads; every input was stereo; etc. It also was a lot 
easier to use, with a highly visible window and sliders on the front 
facing that allowed drummers to make changes on the fly without 
having to dig into the guts of the module. 

 also another slight concern was how receptive the trigger inputs 
> were, as it is quite an old piece of kit. i find the triggering on 
> the dtxpress I to be just fine (with a bit of tweaking). if anybody 
> has been fortunate enough to use both does the dtx pro trigger as 
> well as the dtxpress I, or is there a considerable difference? any 
> other comments regarding the dtx pro v.2 brain would also be very 
> much appreciated. 

From what I understand, the trigger/electronic interface has not 
changed all that much for a long time. No doubt certain advances have 
occurred, but, by and large, the technology is basically standard, 
except for the performance wrinkles that manufacturers add at various 
price points. I have a DrumKat Midikiti Pro from around 1990 or so 
that fires as well as, and often better than, more current gear that 
I have. It stacks/alternates as many as four notes and includes an 
automatic velocity envelope that adjusts to playing style. A lot of 
modules on the market now can't do these things, including the 
Xpress. The DTX and the XpressI were contemporaries; they probably 
have the same triggering characteristics.

Ed