Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ian Cottee" <icottee@b...> wrote:
> One thing I have to say about the Yamaha kit which is an unknown 
for me on the 
> Roland side is I trust Yamaha to build their stuff well and for it 
to cope with whatever I 
> throw at it. The DTX v2 has worked without an issue in five years 
and considering the 
> mistreatment it got - that's pretty impressive. 

Over the years, we've come happily to view Yamaha as an accessible 
and responsive company. We've had many successful dealings with them 
in the past, and the relationship only promises to become more 
mutually beneficial in the future. We feel secure enough with Yamaha 
that we have no qualms about making recommendations that we consider 
valuable to all concerned. 
> 
> If I find anything very good or bad about the Roland compared with 
the Yamaha 
> equipment (when I've used it in anger) I'll post it here in the 
next month. I do feel that 
> the DTXpress III could benefit from some slicker internet resource 
on the Yamaha 
> pages. The Japanese pages don't have much info and give broken 
links to audio files 
> that are supposed to demonstrate the product. The US pages don't 
show the III at all 
> yet. Roland's info was, on the other hand, far superior making good 
use (unusually) of 
> Flash. 

A valid complaint, and one that's been voiced here not a few times. 
yamaha is not working as hard as it might to promote its products. 
The reason is understandable, to some extent, but frustrating 
nonetheless to many people who have a genuine interest and investment 
in them.

> 
> Anyway, time will tell. Once again many thanks for the help give 
here. It's nice to 
> report that both the Yamaha and Roland camps have shown nothing 
less than 
> complete respect for each other in all my dealings with them. I'm 
sure there will be 
> some Yamaha kit on my ... er ... kit, at some point in the future.

We look forward to any update that you might like to send our way. 
I'm curious about the TD6V module. The original TD6 was a good one 
(possibly my favorite Roland); I'm not getting the idea that the new 
version represents much of a change beyond cosmetics.

Ed