Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Sorry ED , 

I think you did not get my point !!!!! I am not bad-mouthering the 
DTXPress ...... far from that ... that is why I am in the group : to 
learn with everybody's opinions and discussions !!!! And so far as I 
am aware of the DTXPRESS is really reliable and carries the logo 
YAMAHA on that ..... 
What I am saying that, in the same manner I was a little bit 
disapopinted with the DMPRO (  BETWEEN YOU AND ME : IT IS THE HIGH-
END MODULE FOR ALESIS!!!!!!!!!!) , buying a electroninc kit worth 
around US$ 299.00 may be, I repeat MAY BE , a waste of money ... 
unless as you said some kid is interested to learn etc etc ...... 
Maybe I was fooled by any review about the DMPRO , ut so FAR I DID 
NOT HAVE NY PROBLEM ..... DON'T KNOW WHY YOU SAID QUOTE HOW MUCH 
TROUBLE I COULD HAVE SAVED  - I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE 
DMPRO !!!!  will use the DMPRO as my second module using it for 
percussion sound, FX etc .  
The lnly thing I regret : I should have bought the TD-8 first. 

I point out again : not bad-mouthing DTXPRESS !!!!!!! But i don't 
get  the benefit of getting a DRUMXTREME ..... unless teaching your 
child about drums ..... 

Meanwhile, congratulations on the group !!! The discussions are very 
good !! Very active group w/ nice feedback! 

Sheico P. 



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "sheicopimenta" 
<sheicopimenta@y...> 
> wrote:
> > I'll tell you my view on that : do you really enjoy playing 
drums? 
> > I am asking that, because I love it. Unfortunatelly not all the 
> > neibours enjoy that, so I had to look into electronic drumming. 
> > Realized that, when it comes to e-drums price is really tied up 
> with 
> > quality. 
> > Example : after researching I decided for the Hart Dynamics Mega-
> > Pro - positional sensing for all pads, dual trigger and 
wonderful 
> > looking snare, ride cymbal w/bell (dual trigger), crash cymbal 
> > w/choke. Unfortunatelly bought a DMPRO : some good samples, 
> > specially effects etc but no positional sensing, not so "user-
> > friendly" , I would better go with the Roland TD-8 and guess why 
I 
> > did not choose that module? Price ...... at the moment I 
purchase 
> > it, about 300 hundred bucks more.... 
> > But now after extensive playing and really eager to model my 
sounds 
> > (Roland has the COSM!!!!! I tried it in Guitar Center Miami and 
> > AW !!!!! ) have the positional sensing I will have to go on that 
> > anyway. 
> > So please, if you are planning to upgrade your kit or  buy a new 
> one 
> > do the right thing : satisfy your needs if you really enjoy 
> > drumming !!!!!!  
> > 
> > Tell your wife it is gonna be a unique experience in your life, 
you 
> > dont wanna get headaches and be in bad mood, that if you buy a 
> > inferior model it won't be something to get rid of easilly .... 
I 
> > did with mine and worked...... now I am going to buy my TD-8 and 
>  
> Sheico,
> 
> Those are good points. But I certainly don't think that anyone who 
> already has, or is contemplating, a serious electronic drumkit 
like 
> the DTXpress is going to benefit at all from the DrumXtreme 
instead, 
> except under Xtreme duress. But people who use products like the 
> DTXpress have children who might be interested in drumming, summer 
> houses or offices where having something, anything, to play might 
be 
> important, etc. Reviews about what a particular product can do are 
> always potentially helpful. You, for example, bought a high-end 
Hart 
> kit and matched it with the DM-Pro, which couldn't take advantage 
of 
> all the Hart's features. Just think how much trouble you would 
have 
> saved if information about a variety of products were located in 
one 
> convenient location, not a store's advertising database (which can 
be 
> helpful) but the archives of a bunch of like-minded and like-
budgeted 
> drummers. Maybe you would have bought the TD-8 sooner. Maybe you 
> wouldn't buy the TD-8 at all if information about other products 
were 
> available to intrigue you. Notwithstanding Roland's prices, which 
are 
> inflated, not everyone is enthralled with COSM, or the level of 
> programming that the Roland modules entail, which some people view 
as 
> largely a corruption of the original samples. Clavia's ddrum 
> technology, for example, is built on an entirely different 
principle, 
> in which the samples that provide positional sensing and pressure 
> sensitivity, as well as velocity, crossfading, and other effects, 
> come from multisampling per se rather than from tinkering 
digitally 
> with sound waves. The resulting module, and voices, are quite 
> different. I think there's a good case to be made for being 
informed, 
> at least to some extent, about what the offerings are at all 
levels 
> before buying.
> 
> Ed