Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "chatfieldwilliam" 
<chatfieldwilliam@y...> wrote:
> 
> Good morning my fellow drummers. I don't want to ask a question that 
> has allreddy been covered several times. just need a some past dates 
> concerning the DTXPRESS 3 vs DTXTREME. I have the DTXPRESS 3 and 
might 
> possibly need to upgrade. Im trying to understand exactly. What all 
I 
> can do with MIDI. The  owners manual is vague. I need to understand 
> midi.(importing sounds/storing ect.)I'm really interested in more 
> realistic sampled drum sounds. And can the DTXPRESS 3 accomadate all 
> this? Would the guys at Drumbalaya be a good source of council?
> Thanks in advance 

Hi chat,

The DTXtremeIIS is just a flat-out more versatile kit than the 
DTXpressIII kits, with arguably better voices. The module allows more 
control over the individual sounds that are programmed into it, and it 
also permits you to import your own samples from elsewhere. MIDI is 
basically just MIDI, but DTXTIIS implements it with more aplomb. The 
guys at Drumbalaya are aces, and Ed Morin, I'm sure, would answer all 
of your questions. But let's not overload him just yet. If you have 
particular questions about the differences between the two kits and 
about MIDI, ask them here first. OGD, my co-moderator, is the foremost 
expert on the DXtremeIIS, and he should see anything that you ask 
eventually. I don't know from your post what exactly you're trying to 
find out about MIDI, but we should be able to accommodate you once you 
narrow it down a little bit.

Ed