Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey man, just wait till you get the pads and then you'll be having 
some fun!  I also just got my DTXII last week and its a blast!  

To answer your first question, yes you can loop the songs.  To do 
this, simply push the <song> button and you'll be taken to the song 
menu.  Now you can select any of the 95 songs to play along to by 
pressing the <+> and <-> Value buttons.  (Also notice how the cursor 
is blinking on the number of the song you have chosen.)  Next, you 
can press the Sel buttons which look like < and > to move your 
cursor onto an arrow on the very right of the menu.  When your 
cursor is blinking on this arrow you can press the <+> and <-> Value 
buttons to swtich between playback modes.  The straight arrow means 
the song will play only once and stop, while the arrow looping 
around means the song will repeat.

You do not have to use the preset drumkits with each song 
they "belong" to.  I simply select the kit I want and then press the 
song button and began to play with whatever drumkit I selected.

I hope my instructions were useful, but trust me, if you read your 
instruction book and ask MANY questions here, such as I have, you'll 
be an expert in no time! :)  Now go get some blisters!

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--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "fiend455 <fiend455@y...>" 
<fiend455@y...> wrote:
> Well I have the DTXpress II, but the pads arent in until 
tomorrow. :
> ( I am suffering a fate worse than death. All these great songs on 
> it. I have resorted to banging on my practice pad along to it as a 
> cheap replacment. :) :(
> 
> 
> First off I cant figure out how to loop the songs. I dont want to 
> hit play again when the songs done. To this the manual says:
>  * Some songs repeat. 
> 
> 
> Secondly, Am I forced to use the preset drumset with each song? To 
> this the manual says: 
> * When a song is switched, the drum kit also changes to a kit that 
> is set for that song. 
> 
> So far the brain is really cool and I will post tomorrow with oh, 
> say 100 questions on everything. 
> 
> ~thanks~