Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ian Cottee" <icottee@b...> wrote:
> Hi All 
> 
> I've just sold my 5 year old Yamaha DTX v2 kit and am currently
> contemplating either a DTXPRESS III Special or a Roland TD-6S. I'm
> going to take a look at the DTXPRESS III in more detail at the local
> Yamaha branch in the next couple of days but would be interested in
> comments on the following: 
> 
> a) How easy is it to packup and move? Moving my old DTX was a pain 
in
> the backside and the pictures show the new kits nicely folding away.
> Wondering if the new setup is really any easier? How long to break 
it
> down and put it back up again - that sort of thing
> 
> b) Cymbals. Going to search this board a bit more but wondering just
> how good the new cymbals are. 

Hi Ian,

No feedback about the collapsible rack has arrived as yet, but from 
the look of it, it can hardly fail to better the DTX v.2's or any 
other Yamaha rack for convenience. We know a lot about the new round 
cymbals, except how they play. Again, no one I know actually has one 
yet, but they swing and seem to respond much more realistically than 
the ones that you're used to playing. Check out the video from NAMM 
at Harmony Central. By the way, as we figured out yesterday, the 
DTXPIII module will have Motif sounds.

Ed