Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

it started for anyways as a small modest kit,and then the insanity 
began (woohoo). ran out inputs and had more triggers left over from 
constantly upgrading,then got another module,and the inputs were 
just begging to be used up,so back to ebay(my second home) i went to 
make the second dtxpress module as happy as the first.. it got kinda 
wild when the rack system took more shapes than i could keep up with 
(as i'm sure walt knows what thats like lol) and everytime i got 
everything where i wanted it, i just had to have that one more 
trigger (hehe) some may have slated it as an addiction,but i 
wouldn't have had it any other way.. was money well spent,and i 
enjoy the hell out of em ' it's all really a combination of things i 
guess,but it was on hell of a fun ride getting it to where it is 
now... just recently started intergrating e-drums into my acoustic 
set-up,and it's the same thing all over again (can't even fit the 
whole into one pic ) it's just a great feeling to sit behind a 
monster kit,and just let it rip .. especially when it's gear that 
you bought seperately and built your own custom set-up as i see alot 
of people are doing alot more these days

rock on' my fellow monster kit e-drumming brothers' (ya' know you 
are) gotta love it man'

sam(otacon28)

 --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "hairytrigger" <artifax@i...> 
wrote:
> I am reading and enjoying the descriptions and photos of some 
members' 
> "Monster Kits.' I have resisted this urge. It is powerful!
> One of the main reasons I switched to Electronics was the 
portability 
> and onstage space factors.
> When I played acoustic, I had a lot of extra stuff: many toms, 
many 
> cymbals; Cowbells, tambourines,etc. I needed all this stuff. But, 
I 
> never played all that stuff on any one song. 
> 
> When I bagan triggering my acoustic kit, I added 3 extra pads for 
> accessories. One was a home-made device I put in front of my 
HiHats to 
> trigger a cowbell or tambourine while playing the hats.
> 
> Now that I have gone all electronic, I find a basic kit works 
great 
> for my needs. Snare (dual-zone), HiHat, Kick, 3 Toms, 2 Crashes, 
Ride, 
> and two or three extra pads for the percussion accessories. When I 
> need something different, I just switch kits.
> 
> My only problem is the basic kit takes up all the inputs. I could 
> manage one accessory pad if i do without the dual zone snare.
> 
> So I had to add another module or trigger interface for a couple 
lousy 
> pads.I tried the Roland SPD-6, but it had a terrible cross-talk 
> problem.
> 
> I have a Roland TD-5, and a PM-16 that I am alternating. I can't 
> decide which I like best. The PM-16 is kind of unweildy, but I can 
use 
> the XPress sounds. The TD-5 has some very cool sounds, plus it is 
> almost exactly the same size and shape as the XPress.
> 
> I was wondering, is this how the 'Monster Kits' began? You had the 
> extra inputs, so you had to fill them up?
> 
> Just wondering....Scott