Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey antman!!  Welcome to the group, you can bet your gonna enjoy 
your stay here!  Thanks for the kind words!  Yes, I have used up all 
my inputs in the back of the module so I had to buy an external midi 
device, which is that black box in the right hand corner of the 
picture, right under the 5th tom.  This is a Roland PM-16 which 
basically allows you to plug in sixteen more pads because it has a 
whopping 16 inputs!  This model is discontinued but you can find 
them on ebay for about a $100.00.  Roland, and other companies, make 
more modern midi devices with extra functions and such, but they 
didn't offer 16 inputs like I wanted.  I know some other members 
here have different midi devices and you can ask them they like 
them, but I'm very happy with PM-16.  It takes some tweaking in the 
start but you we can help you if you ever get an extra device.  The 
other route is to simply purchase another module and have another 10 
inputs.  The good thing about having another module is the ease of 
assigning inputs and changing them for each seperate kit.  With the 
PM-16 you have to change each extra pad connected to the kit 
seperatly, in the modules utilities menu.  Then when you switch kits 
the PM-16 pads will always be what you last set them to no matter 
what you changed them to in another kit.  Get what I'm saying?  It 
is just now with these extra pads that I am starting to realize the 
value of just buying another module.  I think I might just do that 
and buy another DTXpress or something.  If you have any more 
questions keep asking and your guaranteed to have an answer within 
an hour or we'll completly refund your DTXpress bill! :)

(j/k)

-UN.H






--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "antmandrums" <ahr33@h...> wrote:
> great photo of your kit.i too own adtxpressII ,.i noticed you have 
a 
> couple of extra pads and another cymbal added.how do you do this 
when 
> the brain only has so many outputs?are they plugged into 9/10? 
great 
> kit mate....i have only just found this site and really appreciate 
> all the info on board,look forward to chatting to you all,Hello 
from 
> New Zealand