Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@k...> wrote:
> How does the Alesis DM5 compare with the DTXpress III  module for
> sound quality etc.?

Keith,

We've found the assessment of a module's voices to be highly 
subjective. But the Alesis certainly has some serviceable samples by 
anyone's standards. It also can alter volume, tone, and pitch 
according to the force of hits, and its random sample feature helps 
to keep consecutive sounds from sounding the same, thus providing 
some mitigation of the machine-gun effect. Since it has an 18 bit, 48 
khz engine, it arguably has slightly better resolution than the 
DTXpress at 16 bit, though I wouldn't put much stock in it. All of 
its inputs are mono, which wouldn't matter much to someone running 
single- or dual-piezo pads, but might be a drawback for those with 
Yamaha or Roland piezo/FSR pads. All in all, the Alesis might be a 
good second module, though at least one member has said that he 
didn't like its sounds at all in that capacity.

Ed