Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks Ed,

I appreciate the answers you gave to my questions. I think now I can 
skip 5 years worth of archives and speed up to this year's threads.

I am sure I will have a lot more to ask later on. I will have to work 
on my coordination first to be able to do anything else but keep time 
on the bass drum. 

Regarding the convention you mentioned, first of all let me say it 
might be a bit expensive for people to travel all the way to Finland. 
Furthermore, you would be treated to some strange customs we have 
here, such as the traditional sauna rituals that would probably get 
you in jail in some other countries such as the U.S. In 1998, I left 
a news discussion group due to some arguments regarding convention 
manners - I just casually noted that I would not tolerate some of the 
U.S. members' activities that are illegal here, and some of that 
other crowd got inflamed over this issue (recreational drugs). So 
there would be some discussions before such an event ever took place 
in my summer house.

Certainly I will try to get the most out of my kit, now that I know 
more or less what it can do, and as I mentioned, I don't think I will 
reach the limitations of the kit before I advance considerably on my 
skills first. I look forward to the discusions on this group.

Jyrki


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- 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. 
> 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