Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Just to round out the picture, you can also add inputs with Roland's 
discontinued PM-16 (16 inputs) and Kat's discontinued midiKITI (9 
inputs)--neither of which has pads or voices of its own, only 
trigger parameters. Both can be found for $100 or less these days on 
ebay, classifieds, etc. Roland also has the current TMC-6, which is 
geared to the company's latest technology, and Kat (or Alternate 
Mode) has a number of wonderful but fairly expensive options for 
adding pads and triggers. Drumbalaya recently became a Kat dealer.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "S-E-A" <sonicenergyauthority@c...> 
wrote:
> Well as drummers tend to be the victims of most jokes...
> 
> The Roland Octapad is designed to be idiot proof (then along comes 
a higher
> class of idiot)
> 
> All you have to do is connect the MIDI out form the Octapad to the 
MIDI in
> of the DTX, hit a pad, and you'll hear something on the DTX.
> Roland pretty much standardised the drum map for keys to drums, 
and to make
> them on MIDI channel 10.
> 
> Editing is reasonably easy, if you can understand the DTX, you'll 
have no
> trouble with the Octapad. You have control over the MIDI channel, 
notes (you
> can layer, or have different notes depending on how hard you hit), 
gate
> time, sensitivity, pretty much all you would expect really. The 
trigger
> inputs a treated just the same as pads.
> 
> If you can, try and find a Octapad with gum-type pads (SPD-11 I 
know has,
> plus it has drum sounds built in). The original Octapad, and my 
version (II)
> has a fairly hard surface to play on. It works, but it's a bit 
unforgiving
> on the wrists.
> 
> If you need more info I'll provide it, I haven't got access to the 
Octapad
> right this minute, but I can get it if you need more.
> 
> the Sonic Energy Authority - a sound investment
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: clerkdanteca <clerkdanteca@y...>
> To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 6:42 PM
> Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Can I do this? Add-on Question
> 
> 
> Thanks for the help, I think that is how I want to do things.  Can
> you tell me more about the Octapad, and what I will have to do to 
get
> it going?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> .