Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "slushycow" <slushycow@y...> wrote:
> Ok Ed, Thanks for the good news.
> 
> So my DTX I  can handle two zones. This still means I won't be able 
> to choke, right? 

You should be able to choke the stereo cymbals (Yamaha cymbals are 
stereo, not dual zone), even though you'll won't get the bell switch.

> I'm still quite a newbie when it comes to messing around with the 
> settings inside the brain. I can change voices and stuff, but when 
I 
> try to change volumes on pads etc. , I have little success. And 
> sometimes I find myself in a situation that I can't undo, so I 
gotta 
> go and take the big "bulk dump" to factory setting. Hate when that 
> happens.

If you want to go into detail about what you're doing to change 
volume levels that isn't working, as Ross Perot said, we're all ears.

> Also, lately my bass player has been hasseling me about playing 
> acoustic drums. But now that I have gone electronic, I can't hear 
> sh#=@ when I play them. So I think new round cymbals will add to 
the 
> stage effect and maybe he'll shut up. 

Our member and friend Stephen has been getting the same flak about 
playing acoustics. It seems to be an occupational hazard. See the 
recent posts. Both sides have good arguments; drummers lucky enough 
to have both an acoustic and an electronic kit to play can switch 
between them as the situation warrants. 

Ed