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RE: [DTXpress] The DTXpress Electronic Drums Group Needs You

2003-08-08 by rdamon@mckinney-usa.com

> Ron Harvest wrote: "However, I still own and love my DTxpress II, and do
> think it's
> very possible that I'll go back and at least browse through the group at
> many points in the future.  So yes, I'd consider myself part of the
> "silent majority."
> 
>       Hope this is what you wanted to know,
> 
>       Ron Harvest
> 
> 
> Ron,
> 
> Thank you for responding. I am truly sorry about you experiences here.
> 
> I know how you feel. When I first got my DtxpressII's third module, I was
> looking for a solution. How do you connect a barpad and assign left pad to
> inc. and right pad to dec. and have it connected to the first module only
> and have it send the midi control signal only (no sound) so that by
> hitting the bar pad I could inc/dec the kits in all three modules at one
> time.
> 
> There were no solutions presented. I then contact by email yamaha support
> and never got a response back. I eventually realized that nobody here had
> three dtxpressII modules tied to one kit and Yamaha had never conceived of
> it either, so nobody could really give me answer.
> 
> There are alot of knowledgable people here, but we ultimately only have
> answers based on our own experimentation and from answer we have read here
> or in other groups. As far as I am aware, nobody in this group works for
> Yamaha or was actually involved in the development of the DTX drums, so
> none here are absolute experts on these sets. (Man I sure wish we could
> get someone from Yamaha's R&D/engineers that brought this stuff in
> existants as members here.)
> 
>  When someone asks a question in this group and I don't know the answer, I
> will keep quite or ask a question back.
> If nobody responds, it maybe because we don't know the answer here either
> and it's time to try and get Yamaha support involved.
> 
> If I know the answer or where to go get it, I will generally wait a few
> minutes (Ed's really quick at the keyboard) and then try to answer.
> 
> I make all posts from where I work during the day, so I am absolutely
> guilty of not totally reading and comprehending questions, before I
> respond. I have a feeling many others here do the same. 
> 
> I hope you will continue to come back a visit, because sharing your own
> experiences with the dtx with us is what this group is really about.
> 
> OldGuyDrummer
> 
> 
> 
 
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