Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "rust_preacher" <rust_preacher@y...> 
wrote:
> I started reading the messages from 1999 onwards, and it is 
> illuminating reading on the initial difficulties people have had. 
> They are very similar to what I am experiencing (apart from my 
dismal 
> playing ability). Bass pedal setup and sensitivity, snare trigger 
> sensitivity/rejection tweaks, stick choices, not having dual-
trigger 
> sensors, etc. From what I gather I could actually buy upgrades with 
> rim triggers if I wanted and they would fit right in. I can't 
> seem to get the snare to trigger every time I hit it.
> I have a couple of specific questions however: 
> 
> 1) When have the different generations of the DTXpress appeared on 
> the market, and are we due to get an "IV" any time soon?
> 
> 2) Can the original orange brain be upgraded?
> 
> 3) In the event that I had another version than the original, how 
> would I be able to tell? (All the manuals and the brain box 
> say "DTXpress" with no version designation as far as I can tell.)
> 
> I am glad that this group exists, and I can see the tone of 
postings 
> is good all around. I am looking forward to your respective replies!

Hi Jyrki,

Welcome to the group. If you read all of our messages from 1999 to 
the present before posting, you must have aged quite a bit since you 
bought your kit. Now that's dedication. As you say, many upgrades are 
available to you as an owner of the first DTXPress. To be simple 
about it, the only ones that aren't fully compatible with what you 
have are the pads that can access three sounds from the module. Your 
unofficial first question about not getting a response from the snare 
every time you hit it can have a multitude of answers, from playing 
technique to programming. Let's leave it for now. You can come back 
to it in another post if the problem persists.

(1) DTXpressI, 1999; DTXpressII, 2002/3?; DTXpressIII, 2004. These 
are my best responses from memory. A mark IV seems unlikely any time 
soon. The III has by no means exhausted its market or its welcome. 
OGD?

(2) The original brain cannot be upgraded internally with new sounds, 
firmware, etc. It is what it is. An upgrade would be a new module.

(3) The first module is identified by the orange faceplate and black 
top. The second has a red face and largely silver top with "DTXpress 
II" written conspicuously on it, and the third continues in that 
tradition. 

Keep the questions coming. Good to have you with us. Maybe we can 
have the annual DTXpress Group Convention at your place this year.

Ed