Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "zapaxe" <a_zapelectric@h...> wrote:
>> I had been wondering about those flat table-top modules I've been 
> seeing on ebay, many of them saying DTX Ver 2. This is good to know.
> 
> This was going to be a future question I was planning on 
> asking..that is if they were better than the DTXpress modules, in 
> drum samples or otherwise.

Steve,

The technology hasn't changed immensely since the heyday of the DTX 
v2.0. Someone on a budget would do well with the module even now; it 
puts the DTXPU to shame so far as ergonomics and features are 
concerned. But it is limited by its inability to handle the newer 
Yamaha three-sound pads, and it is not a great match with all of the 
various mesh heads on the market today, though it may be an okay 
match for some of them, as I have learned during the last few months. 
Pete Corona, who is a terrific drummer and a member here and at DTX, 
has been using the v2.0 for years. Only lately, when he's had a mind 
to change to different pads, has he run into trouble finding suitable 
replacements. If I were looking for a second module to fill in some 
gaps, I might well pick up a DTX, but I'd be a little scared to rely 
on it now as my main source unless I could be happy a little behind 
the times, or the price could compensate for it not being up to 
date.  

Ed