Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Guys...in light of Ed's comments...I have only one
word for Ed's responsa-and that is AMEN!!!  I am
LIVING PROOF that Yamaha LISTENS and OBSERVES this
forum.  WE ARE KNOWN TO those who work at Yamaha-and
those folks have CLOUT!!  To dilute ourselves would be
shooting ourselves in the foot-I for one will stay in
this forum-are adds annoying? Yes! Constantly having
to log in a pain? Yes!  But this forums deals with
YAMAHA modules and e drums-it is one voice that has
come to my rescue, and one voice who has the attention
of Yamaha's ear!
Jade
--- liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
> Vern,
> 
> Your proposed alternative to the Yahoo board would
> undoubtedly be an 
> improvement in many important respects. It's much
> more along the 
> lines of the unofficial vdrums forum, which is a
> very informative, 
> and classy setup. My sole concern is this: Yamaha is
> aware of this 
> group. Just months after it was established in late
> 1999, it 
> achieved a certain credibility with the company
> because of the 
> intelligent questions and comments that emanated
> from it. 
> Apparently, Dave Jewell has been known to check it
> out from time to 
> time, especially, shall we say, in times of stress.
> I'm not claiming 
> that the board has the undivided attention of
> Yamaha's management; 
> it's definitely well on the peripery. But it does
> have a presence, 
> and our recent telephone foray into the hierarchy
> has given it 
> renewed notoriety. I doubt very much that the vdrums
> forum has 
> anywhere near the contact with Roland that this one
> has with Yamaha. 
> 
> The Yahoo board is now 600 strong. If there's an
> exodus, some people 
> will undoubtedly stay behind. I don't know how many,
> but it always 
> happens. That will mean that the membership of 600
> will get diluted. 
> Some of us would like to see this group, or whatever
> group takes its 
> place, become even more significant in Yamaha's
> e-drum plans. If 
> that is ever to happen, the numbers will matter.
> Also, the more we 
> become a moving target, the less chance we may have
> to solidify our 
> position.  Would it be unthinkable for Yamaha to
> search out a new 
> group if it forms, or to file the new web address
> away somewhere in 
> case they want to check it out? No, but I'm not sure
> that even so 
> seemingly innocuous a change as a splintered board
> wouldn't be an 
> excuse for them to lose any interest that they might
> have now. As I 
> said, we're on the periphery. These are delicate
> times for e-drums, 
> especially Yamaha, which has discontinued two of its
> three lines. I 
> would like to see this group become a testing ground
> of sorts for 
> Yamaha's ideas. I don't know if it will happen, but
> I don't want to 
> risk anything that might diffuse its input. As a
> related case in 
> point, we managed to get Visu-lite, a small company,
> to make a 
> product solely for owners of Yamaha modules. This
> was no meant feat, 
> and it happened, in part, because we could point to
> a large number 
> of possibly interested people in one place who would
> become aware of 
> it in one fell swoop. 
> 
> Your proposal is enormously tempting, but I think
> these points 
> should be taken into consideration.
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner"
> <vern@t...> wrote:
> > Just turn OFF HTML when reading your messages. It
> makes it (barely)
> > bearable. :)
> > 
> > I've been thinking about adding a mailing list or
> message board to 
> the
> > DTXpressions.com website to offer up as a
> replacement since I'm 
> not a big
> > fan of Yahoo anyway... How many of you think the
> embedded ads are
> > intrusive enough to justify a move?
> > 
> > Vern
> > 
> > PS: to see a prototype of the message base I'm
> talking about, go 
> here:
> > 
> > http://www.dtxpressions.com/phpbb
> > 
> > -- 
> > Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE     | "If the network is
> down, then you're
> > Senior Systems Engineer     | obviously
> incompetent so why are we
> > Texas Information Services  | paying you? Of
> course, if the network
> > vern@t... www.txis.com  | is up, then we obviously
> don't need
> > Cell 507-7851 Desk 328-8947 | you, so why are we
> paying you?" VLG
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > hairytrigger said:
> > > Yes, I get those messages too. Lately, a long,
> horizontal one is
> > > covering the text.Somebody screwed something up.
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "leffelejon"
> <gadda@k...> wrote:
> > >> Anyone else get those advertisments all over
> the text in 
> messages?
> > >> Its really annoying
> > >
> > >
> > > Community email addresses:
> > >   Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com
> > >   Subscribe:    DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com
> > >   Unsubscribe:  DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com
> > >   List owner:   DTXpress-owner@onelist.com
> > >
> > > Shortcut URL to this page:
> > >   http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress
> > >
> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
> > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> 
> 


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