Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

The DTXpress is very good...but not as good as Roland V Drums. What 
would u expect 4 a fifth of the price !! :o)
The pads play very well and the tone module has some pretty good 
sounds in it. U can play around with these sounds and create ur own 
kits and store these in memory very easily and there's a nice bunch 
of effects 2 play with 2. If u go 2 the DTXpressions site at 
www.welcome.to/DTXpressions u can download some kits from there 2 c 
what can b achieved. It is also easy 2 connect the tone module up 2 
any other MIDI device such as a sampler, synth or other drum module 2 
access their sounds or if u have something like Cubase VST, u can buy 
Drum Kit plug in's which can b played via MIDI aswell.

U can play MIDI songs from the DTXpress as it has a full 128 voice GM 
sound set in there tho' this is fairly basic and it also has a 2 
track sequencer so, yes, u can play songs from there. It has 95 
preset songs and 32 user locations for u 2 store ur own. These stay 
there until u erase them. The tone module is also 32 note polyphonic.

U can alter any of the 910 onboard voices and store up 2 32 of ur own 
kits but u can't add any tones of ur own or add wave voices either. 
Just connect 2 a sampler 2 do this.

The quality of the sounds is excellent due 2 Yamaha using their AWM2 
tone generating architecture. Listen 2 any Yamaha synth 2 hear these 
e.g CS1x, CS6x, RM1x.

I love my DTXpress, as u might have guessed !!! Go find a music store 
that has 1 u can play...u won't need much convincing ! ;o)

Hope this helps,

Lovesign.

--- In DTXpress@egroups.com, mriche@m... wrote:
> I wanna buy a brand new DTXPress gear but I wonder if this gear is 
> good for playing vs Roland edrums
> 
> Is is possible to add midi songs into the memory (permanently) ?
> Is is possible to add midi/wave sounds into the memory 
(permanently)?
> Are the sounds "natural" ?
> 
> Please give me your review and let me know how you like your 
DTXPress
> 
> Michel from Belgium