Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Toby , Thank's ! i finally can play bass on my drum kit ;-) .
the DTXpress i have was sell with a drum pedal , i don't know if some 
of you have the same problem as me with this pedal but i try to find 
the "toes stop" here in France drum shop then i tried on internet 
drum shop and i can't find that nowhere ! each label seem to use 
different word for that , i even ask in a drum forum where someone 
tell me to use the Gibraltar piece but finaly it's not compatible 
with the Yamaha drum pedal , i searched on the yamaha web site and i 
didn't find that , anybody here know a drum seller on internet who 
sell that ?? , same for the little piece who fixe the DTXpress 
cymbal , you have 1 free when you buy a DTXpress but i need a second 
and impossible to find that....
thank's 

--- In DTXpress@y..., "tfkienle" <tfkienle@y...> wrote:
> hello all,
> 
> this is the perfect topic to introduce myself.  but first, I just 
> received this response from yamaha about dopmi's (& my) questions 
on 
> this issue:
> 
> To access GM sounds on pads, do the following:
> 1) Press [VOICE] button and strike a pad.
> 2) Page down to displayMIDI channel number (on lower left of 
screen, 
> it 
> will read ''Ch=10'').
> 3) Change MIDI channel to 11 for example.
> 4) Page down until you see ''KIT PC''.
> 5) Cursor to channel number and make it say ''Ch11= on''
> 6) Cursor to ''PC='' and change the value . You will hear GM sound 
at 
> this point.
> 
> If you have further questions, please call our Tech Support line at 
> 714-522-9000. 
> 
> anyhoo, while trying to find the answer to this & many other 
> questions, I found this excellent group & have read about 1000 of 
the 
> messages!  I started from the beginning but stopped once it became 
> mostly a loop of the same questions.
> 
> as for me, I've been playing drums for about 20 years, starting on 
> acoustic, to roto-tom, to hybrid, to all electronic.  I currently 
> have a main kit which consists of a pintech ergo kik, 7 yamaha tp60 
> pads, & an old Roland 4 zone triangle pad (forgot the model 
number).  
> I use a KAT midiKITI pro to convert it to midi, which then routes 
to 
> an emax sampler for drums, followed by another emax II for keyboard 
> voice triggering & additional percussion.
> 
> i've also got a practice kit which i'm using to "get smart" on the 
> dtxpress, which i plan to use in a separate electronica project.  
as 
> such, I'm not as concerned with realistic drum sounds as many of 
you 
> on this board.  that kit consists of an s&s stealth trigger bass, 
> dauz snare, hart multipad 6 & one of the aforementioned roland 
> triangles. 
> 
> ok, on to my dtxpress experience.  I ordered one from 
> musiciansfriend.com cuz they were selling off the orange version 
for 
> $299.  well, they screwed up & sent me one that was defective (i 
> think it was previously returned, but they say that's unlikely).  i 
> got to work with it for a week before sending it back, & I'm 
> currently awaiting my replacement.  I got everything figured out 
> pretty well except for the above "accessing the GM" sounds 
problem.  
> For the kind of music i'm doing, this thing kicks ass.  sure, i'd 
do 
> some things differently, but all around its great.
> 
> gotta run, but i'll post some tips tomorrow that i haven't seen 
> mentioned yet.
> 
> toby
> 
> --- In DTXpress@y..., "dopmi" <mapod@w...> wrote:
> > hi , i tried like you said but i'am just able to change one pad 
for 
> > one pad , the manual don't really help about the use of the GM 
> > Keyboard voices... , anybody here can explain to me how to use 
that 
> > please ? 
> > thank's