Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "gordonbakos420" <g.bakos@i...> 
> wrote:
> > Ed,
> > Give me a quick crash course on how to post pictures and i'll do 
> > that now.  
> 
> Gordon,
> Click on the "Photos" on our gateway page. Open the yellow "New 
Drum 
> Kits" folder and follow the instructions for uploading pictures 
from 
> your computer.
> 
> > So that "other" kick pad is going to crap the bed prematurely?  
> What 
> > do you recommend as a replacement?  
> 
> The KP60 had a bad history. Run a search on it if you dare back a 
> year or two, you'll see the kind of complaints it accumulated. The 
> circuitboard tended to break down, requiring either re-soldering 
or 
> re-wiring, which sometimes didn't help. But the old saying 
applies, 
> if it ain't broke, and you don't have any other complaints about 
it, 
> then don't replace it. The KP65 seems to be holding up much 
better, 
> except for the relatively minor wearing of the rubber (and the 
sponge 
> cover for the piezo behind it), which you can retard with proper 
> shifting of the beater and reinforcement with a bass drum pad or a 
> bicycle repair tire patch. If you want your two kick pads to 
match, 
> you could eventually get another 65 to replace the 60. Nothing 
else 
> would remotely resemble it or cost less.
> 
> > I was thinking about a gong or wood block for the leftover pad. 
> What 
> > do you mean by using it to increase or decrease my kit numbers?
> 
> Personally, I'd always opt to add another musical trigger than to 
> waste an input on a MIDI controller. But if the strategy appeals 
to 
> you, the DTXPress allows you to use a pad/input to make kit 
switches 
> on the fly w/o having to dig into the module's menu buttons. It 
can 
> come in handy if, say, a song has an abrupt change of tone in the 
> middle requiring voices that your current kit doesn't have. You'd 
> simply hit the designated pad, programmed to move up one kit 
number, 
> and play the new section without missing a beat. Then, if the song 
> returns to the first section, you can hit the pad again, this time 
> programmed to move down one kit number. In other words, the 
> designated pad can have a different purpose in each user kit. To 
set 
> this function up, scroll through the voice menu for a particular 
> input until you get to the "Function" page and press the + key 
until 
> you hit it.
> 
> Ed

Pictures are posted, thanks for the folder.  I like the idea of 
changing the kit number on the fly.  The challenge will be to make 
sure all of the triggers I want to change are plugged into the same 
box.