Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

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.)

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.)

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.)