Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I just bought my DTXPRESS 2 yesterday and have not yet spent nearly 
enough time tinkering with it, but it's been pretty fun so far.  I 
can see that I will have to do some serious studying (ugh) of the 
manuals to get more out of the kit, and I plan on doing just that 
(and little else) over the next few weeks ;)

I would like to ask if anyone out there is willing to share any 
custom parameters that they have created; if you've managed to create 
a "killer snare", or to reproduce some cool skins, is it possible to 
post some of the details here?  Or, if you want to hang on to your 
hard-earned secrets, could you just offer some general tips on how to 
go about creating new sounds/loops?  

***Off the top of my head, I'm thinking of the drum loop from Peter 
Gabriel "Digging in the Dirt" (Manu Katche)... some nice splashes 
(Carter Beauford, Katche {again} )... maybe some nice jazz 
snares/rides (Buddy Rich, Harvey Mason, Ed Thigpen)... ***

Another question I have is regarding the 2-zone crash.  I'm a little 
unsure about how to set up 2 different sounds on it, and how to get 
those sounds to work properly while I'm playing.  Some of the pre-
programmed kits do have two sounds available, but I'm having trouble 
isolating the exact spot to o nthe rim to hit in order to get the rim 
sound - many times it gives me the main cymbal sound, even though I'm 
being careful to strike just the rim.  Does this have to do with the 
mysterious-and-slightly-ominous-sounding "crossfade" 
and/or "rejection parameters"?  As I said, I have a lot of reading to 
do and am not really looking forward to it...

Any tips from you veterans out there would be greatly appreciated by 
myself and many others, I'm sure.  Thanks!