Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "joelmarni" <joelmarni@...> wrote:
>
> cool.  i think this is the model i have:
> 
> i was considering buying a roland td6 for $1,700 but would it be
> better just to upgrade the snare to a dual zone mesh and the cymbals
> to dual zone.  also, the hi-hat on my model i don't think is very
> good. or should i just buy a new kit?

You can add any of the Yamaha dual zone pads. A Roland dual zone mesh
snare would probably work although they can take a little fiddling to
get the parameters right, but a dual zone Pintech snare would require
two inputs to get the two zones, or my expansion box, so is not so
straightforward.

Whether you want to expand or buy a new kit is up to you.  I have
changed the snare to a TP100S on a stand, added two cymbals (PCY65S),
used a spare TP65 to give me an extra tom and use a PCY65S for a
hi-hat and am quite happy with it now.  Mind you, the DTXpress 4
module looks interesting :-)

Keith.