Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks, Ed. I am filing away that info for future reference!  By the 
way, going back to my on-going frustration re linking a drumkit to a 
self-programmed song - does Yamaha have a technical advice e-mail 
address I can write to? 

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Hey Nick,
> 
> You can now get the TMC-6 for something closer to US $200 than 
$250, 
> though that probably won't make much difference to you. Its 
> advantage over the discontinuted PM-16 and the Kat MIDIkiti is its 
> inclusion of inputs that reflect the new technology, mainly 
> Roland's. It does have stereo input capability, meaning that you 
> connect Yamaha, Pintech, or Roland gum rubber pads/cymbals with a 
> body/rim or bow/edge through it. But the basic triggering 
technology 
> hasn't changed much in ten years. Though the inputs of both the PM-
> 16 and MK are all mono, they have sixteen and nine, respectively, 
> allowing you to use both single-zone and dual-zone drums and 
> cymbals. UNH is right that you have to enter new midi note numbers 
> on the DTX for every new sound that you want these units to make, 
> but that task seemed like a daunting proposition to users of the 
> DTXII module only because of a bug in it that we did not know about 
> until some of us had torn out most of our middle-aged hair. (Now we 
> routinely advise everyone with a new DTXII who has any MIDI 
> ambitions to do a factory reset before trying anything fancy.) 
> 
> The two older MIDI interfaces also have different banks (patches or 
> kits) that allow the sounds of connected triggers to change when 
> kits are changed in the DTX module, as well as other helpful 
> parameters. None of this is probably going to matter much to you; 
> neither of these units is likely to show up in Australia. But who 
> knows? I'm a long-time user of a Kat MIDIkiti, and it has met my 
> extra trigger needs quite well. I run the rim of my dual zone 
snare, 
> a splash, a heavy cymbal, a bell sound, a china, and a few other 
> odds and ends through it. Something like it may never end up being 
a 
> viable option or desire for you, but remember that if you add 
> another module to your setup, you'll also need a mixer to 
coordinate 
> them.
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
> wrote:
> > Hey, thanks for that info. The TMC-6 sounds like a good idea. 
$250 
> > sounds like an okay price but I assume that's U.S. currency, and 
> at 
> > the current Australia/U.S. exchange rate that means I'd be 
> spending 
> > US$400. I might be more inclined to get a second DTXpress module 
> > which, here Downunder, will cost me something like $1000. I'll 
put 
> > that on the backburner, I think!
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven" 
> <realvast@s...> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hey Nick!  The PM-16 is an external midi device made by 
Roland.  
> > > Basically, the reason I bought it was to add an additional 16 
> > > trigger inputs to my dtxpress.  Yes, the box has a whopping 16 
> > > inputs.  I bought it off of ebay for a $100.00 and thats 
usually 
> > how 
> > > much they sell for.  You connect your extra pads to the PM-16 
> and 
> > > then connect the PM-16 to your dtxpress and you've got a larger 
> set 
> > > to play on!  The PM-16 does have some extra functions, like 
> stuff 
> > to 
> > > do with pitch and velocity but nothing to fancy for todays 
> > > standards. Like I said, I only bought it for the additional 
> > inputs.  
> > > I mentioned in another post that I am starting to see the value 
> in 
> > > buying another module.  The PM-16 does have its limitations.  
> For 
> > > example, any pads connected to the PM-16 will sustain their 
> sounds 
> > > on any kit you choose.  So if you connected a pad with a 
cowbell 
> > > sound and then switched to your user-defined jazz kit, that pad 
> > > would remain a cowbell and you would have to change its voice 
> > > through the utility menu.  As you can tell once you gain lots 
of 
> > > extra pads and then want to change them for each different kit 
> it 
> > > becomes a sort of hassle just because you can't save their 
> changes 
> > > for each different kit.  Roland makes a new external midi 
device 
> > > called the TMC-6.  This costs $250.00 and only comes with six 
> extra 
> > > inputs but it has more cool functions than the PM-16.  t Keep 
in 
> > > mind though that these boxes are in no way another module.  
> Another 
> > > member also purchased a midikiti, which is another external 
midi 
> > > device but I'm not sure if it ever worked properly.  If you 
> wanna 
> > > know any more information about it or want a pic of it let me 
> > know!  
> > > Also, if anyone else wants to add more information about the PM-
> 16 
> > > please do!!
> > > 
> > > -UN.H
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" 
> <njcarroll56@y...> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hey, UN.H!  I note you've got a PM-16, which I assume is an 
> > > ancillary 
> > > > box that works with the DTXpress brain?  Can you tell me what 
> it 
> > > is, 
> > > > and what it does, exactly? It is a Yamaha product?