Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Claudio,

Actually, a good price for a used dtxpress module these days would 
be about $10-$20--just kidding. The $182.50 is the lowest price that 
I've seen yet, and I'm not just saying that because you bought it 
from my best friend in the whole world (no, not me). 

Your kit sounds wonderful. The dtxpress module surpasses the Alesis 
in hh capability; with the right controller, you get open, closed, 
and everything in between. If you're planning on using the Pintech 
with it, you may have to get an adapter. Drumbalaya sells it. Also, 
I've heard reports that the Acusnare may not work at its best 
through Yamaha electronics. We'd be eager to get your perspective on 
it. 

It seems like you won't need much help with creating the module's 
environment. I'm particularly intrigued by he Tubeworks bass amp. Is 
it in fact a tube amp? That would be interesting. Tubes have a 
checkered history with bass frequencies, though from the wattage, 
it's probably a solid state. Anyway, give us a holler if you run 
into any difficulties or have observations to make. As Ross Perot 
said, we're all ears. 

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Claudio Ortiz <MrPhoney@a...>" 
<MrPhoney@a...> wrote:
>      I have been using electronic kits for a few years. My current 
> setup is an Alesis DM5 with a Pintech mesh pad kit with a Hart 
> Accusnare, Visulite crash cymbals, Pintech CV hi-hat pedal (I also 
> have a HatKat pedal). I have 4 outs which I have grouped as Kick, 
> snare, cymbals, toms. The 4 outs go to 6 channel line mixer. The 
kick 
> is panned left, the snare, cymbals and toms are panned right. Then 
I 
> go into an Alesis stereo 32 band equalizer, a Behringer stereo 
> compressor/ limiter, an Aphex stereo Aural Exciter and a Digitech 
> Reverb. The kick which is on the left channel goes to a Tubeworks 
> 300watt bass amp to a Tubeworks 4x10 cabinet and the Snare, 
cymbals 
> and toms which are on the right channel go to a Roland KC500 
keyboard 
> amp (150 watt, 4 line mixer amp, 15inch speaker and horn tweeter). 
> Sometimes I use only the KC500 and sometimes the Tubeworks setup.
>     I like the DM5 except for the HiHat. The HiHat sounds are so-
so 
> and you can either play the high hat closed or open. No inbetween 
> half open sloshy if you open the high hat a little. 
>     I found a used DTXpress module on ebay and I paid $182.50 for 
it. 
> Was this a good price? I especially liked the integrated song 
> feature, the metronome feature and the onboard midi recording 
> features which the DM5 does not have.  Does anyone have any advice 
> for setting up the kit? 
> 
> Claudio Ortiz