Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "zapaxe" <a_zapelectric@h...> wrote:
> 
> May be too early to tell just yet, but I'm not so sure it's THAT 
> great of an improvement in sampled sounds. In fact many sound the 
> same to me. Some of the cymbals do sound a 'little' better, and 
> different. Also, it seems that the arrangement of my pads aren't 
the 
> same sounds as in my DTXpress I module - meaning that the Bell 
> Cymbal pad has a Crash sound instead etc...
> 
> Does anyone else think this DTXpress III blows the doors off the 
> DTXpress I module? 

Steve,

It will be interesting to get feedback on your question, but it might 
be too much to expect an entry-level module to "blow the doors off" 
its name-plate predecessor(s). The fact that the III's tri-voice 
capability is more extensive and that the module has some new sounds 
and configurations is probably fair enough.  Besides, e-drum 
technology has not advanced by such leaps and bounds over the years 
that successive modules at essentially the same price point would 
differ much from each other. If you want to hear more and do more, 
you have to spend the money. I wonder how many people have gone from 
either the II or the I to the III module and how many of them are 
attentive or interested enough to have made deliberate comparisons. 
You also have to take into consideration listening equipment/ 
environment when evaluating. A poor amp/speaker combination or 
heaphone set won't be able to make fine distinctions, and any changes 
in listening/playing conditions from one module to another might also 
hurt relative evaluations.

Ed