Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

liberatusvirus wrote:

Hello Ed,

thanks for the detailed reply. :-)

> First of all, I'm wondering what purpose you had in 
> mind when you bought the KP-120. 

I have an acoustic set and the worst part of it is the bass drum. You 
cannot change the sound of the bass drum easily and quickly and i want 
to have a little bit more choice. So for me it was clear to start with a 
kick pad and see if i like digital drums or not.

> The important issues are 
> determining what is a reasonable amount to spend on triggering a 
> single drum and which company's sounds do you prefer.

hard to say as i don't know the company's sounds. Are there some samples 
available in the net?

> If none of the extras appeals to you, maybe you could find a cheaper 
> method to trigger your KP-120--for instance, connecting with another 
> band member's (keyboard player's?) MIDI interface.

But how to get a MIDI signal out of the KP120? :-)

I thought about using a computer for this. It should be possible to 
connect the trigger output to the mic input of the sound card and 
convert the amplitude to a MIDI signal. But I doubt that the latency is 
low enough for a natural feeling. What do you think is an acceptable 
delay between trigger impulse (hit the drum) and hearing the audio 
signal? 1, 2 or 3 ms?

How big are the latencies of the drum module?