Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

My name is WIlly and I´m new in this group. I´m from Spain so you 
will see that my english isn´t as good as I´d like. I have just 
bought my first Yamaha DTXpress II and I´m still mountig the set. 
¿Have you got some good advice for me?

Thanks!

W.

Hi Willy,

Welcome. My suggestion is that you find some time to explore the 
kits already programmed on the dtxpress so that you can get a sense 
of what is possible. You could also use that time to discover what 
it feels like to play on the rubber pads. It's not quite the same as 
an acoustic drum set. When you find that you need help with 
something specific that you'd like to do or change, consult the 
manual, check out the archives of this group, and post specific 
questions. There are a lot of informed, friendly people here who 
will be able to help you.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "willysonotone" <gadelreal@i...> 
wrote:

> My name is WIlly and I´m new in this group. I´m from Spain so you 
> will see that my english isn´t as good as I´d like. I have just 
> bought my first Yamaha DTXpress II and I´m still mountig the set. 
> ¿Have you got some good advice for me?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> W.

--- "willysonotone" wrote:
> My name is WIlly and I´m new in this group.

Welcome!

> I´m from Spain so you 
> will see that my english isn´t as good as I´d like.

Your English is just fine.

> I have just 
> bought my first Yamaha DTXpress II...

Good choice.

> and I´m still mountig the set. 
> ¿Have you got some good advice for me?

Yes. Have fun.

A couple of things while you're in set-up mode. First, if you have 
room try to set it up away from a wall so you can walk all around it. 
It will make adjusting and cabling a lot easier, and you will want to 
adjust things for a while. Once you're happy, if you need to you can 
simply carry it to its final location as it's all very light. Second, 
don't worry too much about tidying the cables away until you're happy 
with the setup, then just use the velcro strips. Thirdly, make sure 
you're using the stereo and mono cables on the correct pads. The hi-
hat footswitch must have a stereo cable, not a mono. Lastly, the 
first thing you should do after switching your module on is 
a "factory reset" (check the user guide on how to do this). There's a 
bug or two in the software that might bite if you don't. Do this 
before you adjust anything else.

Stewart

Thanks a lot! I´m just waiting for the weekend cause I´m gonna to be 
48 hours working with my new toy! 

Just another question... ¿Sould I have found a CD or similar with PC 
and MAC software un my set?... 

W.


> > My name is WIlly and I´m new in this group.
> 
> Welcome!
> 
> > I´m from Spain so you 
> > will see that my english isn´t as good as I´d like.
> 
> Your English is just fine.
> 
> > I have just 
> > bought my first Yamaha DTXpress II...
> 
> Good choice.
> 
> > and I´m still mountig the set. 
> > ¿Have you got some good advice for me?
> 
> Yes. Have fun.
> 
> A couple of things while you're in set-up mode. First, if you have 
> room try to set it up away from a wall so you can walk all around 
it. 
> It will make adjusting and cabling a lot easier, and you will want 
to 
> adjust things for a while. Once you're happy, if you need to you 
can 
> simply carry it to its final location as it's all very light. 
Second, 
> don't worry too much about tidying the cables away until you're 
happy 
> with the setup, then just use the velcro strips. Thirdly, make sure 
> you're using the stereo and mono cables on the correct pads. The hi-
> hat footswitch must have a stereo cable, not a mono. Lastly, the 
> first thing you should do after switching your module on is 
> a "factory reset" (check the user guide on how to do this). There's 
a 

> bug or two in the software that might bite if you don't. Do this 
> before you adjust anything else.
> 
> Stewart

Willy,

A book by a drummer named Russ Miller, The Drum Set Crash Course, or 
something like that, came out some time ago with information and a 
CD about and for the DTXpress. The CD contains audio and MIDI files, 
if I'm not mistaken. It should still be available from Russ Miller's 
website if you're interested. I don't think it ever accompanied the 
DTXpress itself; it certainly hasn't for a long time.

In the DTXpression site, hosted by Vern Graner, which you can access 
from the Links section of this board, you can download a sysex 
program called DTXchange to your computer, allowing you to store 
kits that you create and even exchange them with other Xpress users. 
Check out Vern's site, which originated with the founding fathers of 
this board a few years ago, anyway; it has some very helpful tips. 

Finally, Yamaha used to offer a driver, presumably for its TO HOST 
connection on the back of the module, which would substitute for a 
MIDI computer connection if you didn't, or couldn't, have one. MIDI 
is definitely better if your sound card or an external USB device 
permits.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Willy" <gadelreal@i...> wrote:
> Thanks a lot! I´m just waiting for the weekend cause I´m gonna to 
be 
> 48 hours working with my new toy! 
> 
> Just another question... ¿Sould I have found a CD or similar with 
PC 
> and MAC software un my set?... 
> 
> W.
> 
> 
> > > My name is WIlly and I´m new in this group.
> > 
> > Welcome!
> > 
> > > I´m from Spain so you 
> > > will see that my english isn´t as good as I´d like.
> > 
> > Your English is just fine.
> > 
> > > I have just 
> > > bought my first Yamaha DTXpress II...
> > 
> > Good choice.
> > 
> > > and I´m still mountig the set. 
> > > ¿Have you got some good advice for me?
> > 
> > Yes. Have fun.
> > 
> > A couple of things while you're in set-up mode. First, if you 
have 
> > room try to set it up away from a wall so you can walk all 
around 
> it. 
> > It will make adjusting and cabling a lot easier, and you will 
want 
> to 
> > adjust things for a while. Once you're happy, if you need to you 
> can 
> > simply carry it to its final location as it's all very light. 
> Second, 
> > don't worry too much about tidying the cables away until you're 
> happy 
> > with the setup, then just use the velcro strips. Thirdly, make 
sure 
> > you're using the stereo and mono cables on the correct pads. The 
hi-
> > hat footswitch must have a stereo cable, not a mono. Lastly, the 
> > first thing you should do after switching your module on is 
> > a "factory reset" (check the user guide on how to do this). 
There's 

> a 
> > bug or two in the software that might bite if you don't. Do this 
> > before you adjust anything else.
> > 
> > Stewart

--- "Willy" wrote:
> Sould I have found a CD or similar with PC 
> and MAC software un my set?... 

No, no external software comes with the DTXpressII. If you want to 
hook it up to your PC, you'll need cables and appropriate software 
for your PC. You can connect it either using the TO HOST method 
(which connects to a serial port) or using standard MIDI cables which 
you can connect either to the MIDI connectors on your sound card or 
to a USB port using a suitable adapter. As Ed has said, you can then 
download software that will allow you to send drum kit definitions to 
and from your PC over MIDI.

Trust me... you won't need it for a little while, you'll be having 
too much fun with your new toy...

Stewart

Willy, 
 Welcome on board.

Two pieces of advice:

1. If you are the type of person that really likes to dig into settings
(like I am and others here) and wants to create news kits, you really must
get at a minimum a cable that connects from your game port of your sound
card to the midi in/out on the dtxpress module. It's easy to get lost in the
menu's of the modules and accidently change something. I know, when I first
got my set I had programmed three new kits and ended losing them when I had
to do a Factory reset, because I couldn't figure out what I did. The cable
and the DTXChange utility is a must. If you find that your satisfied with
the kits it comes with then don't bother with it for a while. 

2.If you are like the rest of us, the first thing you start to do is figure
out, what can you plug into that spare zone 9,10? (Barpads-yes; single zone
pads-yes; dual zone pads-no)  Go into the photos section of this group and
you'll find plenty of ideas to get you started. 



Like Stewart said...spend some time just enjoying it!!!!!

OldGuyDrummer

PS- If you live above anybody else.. better make GOOD Friends with them
before you start playing it. The bass pedal sound (vibration) will be heard
by the neighbors living below you. There have been several solutions talk
about here, just do a search of the archive.


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> Subject:	[DTXpress] Re: Hallo to everybody!!!!!
> 
> --- "Willy" wrote:
> > Sould I have found a CD or similar with PC 
> > and MAC software un my set?... 
> 
> No, no external software comes with the DTXpressII. If you want to 
> hook it up to your PC, you'll need cables and appropriate software 
> for your PC. You can connect it either using the TO HOST method 
> (which connects to a serial port) or using standard MIDI cables which 
> you can connect either to the MIDI connectors on your sound card or 
> to a USB port using a suitable adapter. As Ed has said, you can then 
> download software that will allow you to send drum kit definitions to 
> and from your PC over MIDI.
> 
> Trust me... you won't need it for a little while, you'll be having 
> too much fun with your new toy...
> 
> Stewart
> 
> 
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OK! This is JUST the kind of information I need. 

Friday on my mind... la, la, la...

Thanks!

W.



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, rdamon@m... wrote:
> Willy, 
>  Welcome on board.
> 
> Two pieces of advice:
> 
> 1. If you are the type of person that really likes to dig into 
settings
> (like I am and others here) and wants to create news kits, you 
really must
> get at a minimum a cable that connects from your game port of your 
sound
> card to the midi in/out on the dtxpress module. It's easy to get 
lost in the
> menu's of the modules and accidently change something. I know, when 
I first
> got my set I had programmed three new kits and ended losing them 
when I had
> to do a Factory reset, because I couldn't figure out what I did. 
The cable
> and the DTXChange utility is a must. If you find that your 
satisfied with
> the kits it comes with then don't bother with it for a while. 
> 
> 2.If you are like the rest of us, the first thing you start to do 
is figure
> out, what can you plug into that spare zone 9,10? (Barpads-yes; 
single zone
> pads-yes; dual zone pads-no)  Go into the photos section of this 
group and
> you'll find plenty of ideas to get you started. 
> 
> 
> 
> Like Stewart said...spend some time just enjoying it!!!!!
> 
> OldGuyDrummer
> 
> PS- If you live above anybody else.. better make GOOD Friends with 
them
> before you start playing it. The bass pedal sound (vibration) will 
be heard
> by the neighbors living below you. There have been several 
solutions talk
> about here, just do a search of the archive.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	moosetication [SMTP:moosetication@y...]
> > Sent:	Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:11 PM
> > To:	DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject:	[DTXpress] Re: Hallo to everybody!!!!!
> > 
> > --- "Willy" wrote:
> > > Sould I have found a CD or similar with PC 
> > > and MAC software un my set?... 
> > 
> > No, no external software comes with the DTXpressII. If you want 
to 
> > hook it up to your PC, you'll need cables and appropriate 
software 
> > for your PC. You can connect it either using the TO HOST method 
> > (which connects to a serial port) or using standard MIDI cables 
which 
> > you can connect either to the MIDI connectors on your sound card 
or 
> > to a USB port using a suitable adapter. As Ed has said, you can 
then 
> > download software that will allow you to send drum kit 
definitions to 
> > and from your PC over MIDI.
> > 
> > Trust me... you won't need it for a little while, you'll be 
having 
> > too much fun with your new toy...
> > 
> > Stewart
> > 
> > 
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You are RIGT!

Bye bye women, bye bye party... I have a date this weekend with my 
DTX!!!!

Thanks a lot!

W.




--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" <moosetication@y...> 
wrote:
> --- "Willy" wrote:
> > Sould I have found a CD or similar with PC 
> > and MAC software un my set?... 
> 
> No, no external software comes with the DTXpressII. If you want to 
> hook it up to your PC, you'll need cables and appropriate software 
> for your PC. You can connect it either using the TO HOST method 
> (which connects to a serial port) or using standard MIDI cables 
which 
> you can connect either to the MIDI connectors on your sound card or 
> to a USB port using a suitable adapter. As Ed has said, you can 
then 
> download software that will allow you to send drum kit definitions 
to 

> and from your PC over MIDI.
> 
> Trust me... you won't need it for a little while, you'll be having 
> too much fun with your new toy...
> 
> Stewart