Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks, Ed. Am I to understand you run an on-line e-drum store? If 
so, which one?

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
> wrote:
> > Thanks for that feedback about Drumbalaya. Sounds like the way 
to 
> > go! I'll check with the Australian Customs Service to find out 
how 
> > much duty I'll have to pay.  If you got stung $500 GST, then I 
> > assume you paid roughly $5,000 for your DDRUM kit.  That seems 
very 
> > expensive, but I've seen the DDRUMs and they do sound fantastic. 
> > What puts me off DDRUM is the lack of extras, such as a 
metronome.  
> > And I never found out how many kits/sounds you can get - can you 
> > tell me that?
> 
> Nick,
> 
> Go to the ddrum site at http://www.ddrum.com/ddrum/index.htm and 
look 
> around. When you buy a ddrum kit with a particular operating 
system, 
> you get scores of kits loaded (many of which won't do much for 
you), 
> with the option of making your own as well, with the default 
sounds 
> from the current library. But remember that the extensive ddrum 
> library, past and present, is available for download for free at 
the 
> site via MIDI. All you need is the ddrum tool, which you'll have 
to 
> download first. You can dump any and all of what is in the memory 
for 
> different sounds at any time. The new megasounds, in particular, 
> which are sampled from the kits of contemporary drummers, are 
> astounding, but they take up an enormous amount of the ddrum's 
> outdated 8MB memory. If you go with them extensively, the number 
of 
> kits available to you may be as little as three, depending on the 
> size and number of samples that you select. The various readouts 
in 
> the tool and on the ddrum's display will always inform you of how 
> much space is free or used. Ddrum is unique for also allowing you 
to 
> approximate particular acoustic kits. You'll have to read through 
the 
> library to see the alternatives. Give yourself some time. I've had 
> mine for a long while, and I've barely scratched the surface. I've 
> posted bits and pieces of information here about the ddrum's joys 
and 
> frustrations that you can access by searching the archives for 
ddrum. 
> To my mind, the former outweigh the latter, but you should know 
about 
> the foibles and warts.
> 
> Unlike the products that you know now, the ddrum is actually 
simple 
> to use, without the endless layers of digital programming and 
> bells/whistles. The manual is well written and well organized. 
> Basically, what you see/hear is what you get with ddrum. You'll 
need 
> to buy a metronome separately, as well as a little mixer that you 
can 
> use for practicing with various media. But the ddrum module has 
six 
> outputs, so a mixer with enough inputs will let you put a finer 
point 
> on it. 
> 
> Ed