Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi folks,

I know very little about electronic drums but would like to integrate 
something like the dtxpress into a pc recording set-up (cubase). These 
are the questions I have;

 - Can I connect the kit up to cubase so that I could record every pad 
to a different track for later editing?

 - Can I use the kit to trigger seperate samples via cubase (again 1 
sample per track per pad ), so that I'm bypassing the kit's own sounds?

 - How much punishment can the kit take? I have a buddy who is 
an 'aggressive' drummer & would like to know how careful you need to 
be with it...!

Sorry if these are kind of obvious questions. I've been trying to find 
as much info as I can, but because I'm not that familiar with the area 
am not 100% sure if it will do what I need it to or not.

Thanks for the help & lastly, would anyone recommend anything other 
than the dtxpress for this sort of thing? (although I'm guessing that 
maybe an illegal sort of question around here!!)

cheers

Adrian