Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Inputs 1-8 on the DTXpress are Bass, Snare, Tom1, Tom2, Tom3, Crash, 
Ride, and Hi-Hat, and they are all in use when you purchase the kit 
(right now the Crash and Snare come as dual zone pads, the rest are 
single)

Each of these is a Stereo Input, meaning a dual-zone pad (one with a 
Piezo for the main head and a FSR (Force Sensing Resistor) for the rim 
will be able to produce two distinct sounds.  When you buy it, most pads 
are single zone and only produce one sound, so you can add an extra 
sounds to the rims of the Snare, Tom1, Tom2, Tom3, Crash, Ride, and 
Hi-Hat rim if you wanted.  Technically, you could add it to the bass 
input but the tower included has no way of doing this.

In addition, there is an input 9/10, which accepts two Piezo inputs.  
That means two additional sounds, wether it is a BP80, a pair of single 
zone pads, etc.  It will not accept a TP80s or other Piezo/FSR pad 
because it dual require dual Piezo.

There is a input 11/12, but it is for Hi-Hat controller pedal.

So, that's nine (7 if you are buying a new kit) more sounds easily 
achievable.  If that isn't enough I don't see a reason why you couldn't 
buy a second DTXpress module (a bargain, really), connect them via MIDI 
but only send program changes, and add 10 more inputs to your system.  
Or a SPD-20, a Roland brain of any sort, etc.  Expansion is limitless, 
but most prefer to keep their electronic kits small and portable -- the 
question is how many sounds do you need in one song -- keep in mind, you 
can set up a pad to do program changes during a song too...so with 
creativity, you really aren't limited by the number of pads on the kit.

-Dan



On Saturday, November 3, 2001, at 08:07 PM, peterpan wrote:

>
> Hello everybody,
>
>
> Could somebody please tell me how expandable the DTXpress is? That is
> after the basic 5 piece kit (hi-hat, base drum, 3 toms and 2
> cymbals), how many more drums (sounds) would i be able to add to the
> kit? providing I buying extra pads and triggers of course. And is it
> possible to increase the DTXpress' expandibility by buying some sort
> of hardware? (i.e. to upgrade the module) If this were possible does
> it effect the quality of the inputs?
>
> Thanks guys
> pete
>
>
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