Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> I well remember the thrill of getting my dtxpress a few years ago, and I
> still get a vicarious kick out of people reporting their first
> experiences with it. Man, I locked myself away for more than ten
> hours on that first day, barely even noticing the time passing.

When I got it home, it was like magic...  I was looking at the manual, seeing 
how everything went together without touching anything, then came time to 
take the wrappers off the individual parts.  I laid the parts out one box at 
a time and put them on the rack, so I would have room to move around as I put 
this thing together.  Later, I had one catch.  I actually had no cord to run 
from the brain to the powered speakers!  I moved the powered speakers closer 
to the drums and directly plugged it into the brain.  It was great.  I have 
the sound output run to the sound card on my PC, and then to the speakers.  
It dawned on me the other day how well I take care of the drum set, because I 
went back to the store where I bought the kit, and I saw the floor model of 
my kit getting beat up, with heavy markings on it, even though it was set up 
about the same time I got my kit.  I play on this thing about 3 hours a day, 
every day.

I already have a mesh pad that someone had given me recently, and when I have 
a bit more money, I'll find some way to either mount it or stand it and give 
its own plug jack, like 9/10 (right now it's in the place of Tom 3).

Stephanie