Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Chris/Trudy Lewis <lewishome@s...> 
wrote:
> Hello Ed,
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions.  I went to the Roland site to read up 
on the TMC-6, and it looks like it was specifically designed for the 
Roland pads.  Since Yamaha and Roland pads operate a little 
differently, will it work just as well?  And is it fairly easy to 
program?

Hi Chris,

Roland always seems to imply that its products are Roland-compatible 
only, and there is an element of truth to it, especially so far as 
Roland pads through Yamaha modules are concerned. But despite a 
Roland-specific feature or two--like the three-way triggering for 
certain of its cymbals--the TMC-6 should send a fine signal to the 
DTXpress module. Many people on this board used its predecessor (the 
PM-16, which is still available under $100 from time to time on 
ebay), and I wouldn't be surprised if many used the TMC-6 as well. 
Anyone want to testify? If you can figure out the DTXpress module, 
which isn't the most user-friendly in the world, you probably won't 
have trouble with the TMC-6. Run a search on it in our archives, or 
the PM-16, for some ideas of what's involved. But remember that one 
long, exasperating string on the board earlier this year, involving 
use of the MIDIkiti and PM-16, was due to a unknown bug in the then-
new DTXpress II, which required a factory reset of the module before 
any external MIDI equipment would work with it. We found out the hard 
way. You might plan on the reset, too.

Ed