Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, rdamon@m... wrote:
> > Ed,
> > 
> With the upcoming release of the DtxpressIII (and possible, 
DtxptremeIII),
> this is where a tight relationship between the Dtxpress group and 
Yamaha
> would come to play. Imagine if Yamaha had enough faith in the 
moderators
> here to send us a pre-release PDF manual for the DtxpressIII, so 
that we
> could familiarize ourselves with the changes between the DtxpressII 
and the
> DtxpressIII to help new members that are the first to get it, when 
they need
> help. Or even a pre-release sample of the PCY150?  Based on Dave's 
response
> to your email, it would be great to have him sit in on a chat 
sometime after
> Winter NAMM, once he is albe to freely discuss the new products.

OGD,

Absolutely. Giving us information to disseminate would only help 
everyone. Giving us a PCY150 wouldn't hurt either, but I doubt 
whether we'd get one in advance. It's worth a try, though. I've asked 
Dave whether someone at Yamaha would like the opportunity to field 
some questions at Chris' site. If Dave's amenable, I'll probe a 
little more into Yamaha establishing a relationship strictly with us. 
Regardless of edrumming.com, I was thinking that we arrange our own 
chat every once in a while with Martin Arroyo, or someone with his 
expertise, so that people could ask technical questions. What we'd 
have to do, in order to protect ourselves from embarrassment and the 
Yamaha rep. from dead spots, is to collect questions beforehand to 
make sure that the time is well spent. The other side is that he 
could offer MIDI tips of his own and discuss them. I realize that a 
plan like this puts heavy pressure on individual participation, 
which, judging from our latest polls and pleas for a head count, may 
not prove fruitful. 

Ed