Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey..I'm new too but I can help you with a site 
http://www.thehearns.fsnet.co.uk/dtxpressions/ ..it has some custom 
kits on it already...you'll have to download the dtxchange software 
found on the site to transfer it to your module. I'm not sure if I 
can help you with the 2 zone crash..i don't have one yet. But you can 
find useful tips/tricks on the site too. Also, I found out that 
making your own new pads and triggers for your edrum is very simple 
and  VERY cheap. I'm going to build me some asap. I hope what I have 
given you here will lead you in the right direction..there are alot 
of great things here in this discussion group that I've learned 
already!

Gary 

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "mkotke <mkotke@y...>" <mkotke@y...> 
wrote:
> 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!