Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "peterpan" <malakies2000@y...> wrote:
> 
> > I own a ddrum4 module and love it, despite its age-related 
> > disabilities. 
> 
> 
> hello ed hope you are well.
> 
> just have some quick questions regarding the ddrum4 brain. how long 
> does it take to upload a mega kit to the brain? and how many mega 
> kits can it hold at any one time? heard any news of a ddrum5??

Hi Pete,

Thank you, and you too. It doesn't take long to upload a megakit. If 
memory serves, I don't think you can expect to get more than 3, maybe 
only 2, megakits at a time. But if your PC is nearby, you can swap to 
your heart's content. Unofficial news of the ddrum5 is constant. 
Innumerable reliable sources spring up almost daily to say that it is 
coming anytime from yesterday to a year or more from now. There is 
certainly enough evidence that the ddrum5 is in some state of 
production, but Clavia is a small company with only limited resources 
for R&D and a far greater commitment to its keyboard dept. than its 
drum dept. Whether the company remains mute on the subject officially 
because it has too much ddrum4 yet to sell, doesn't want to tip its 
hand to the competition, or simply doesn't consider its e-drum 
technology a priority remains something of a mystery. I suspect that 
some combination of all these reasons is at work. But if you can live 
with its slightly outdated engine, the ddrum4 module can be very 
rewarding. Ask Stewart, who got to whack mine around for only a 
moment or two last month and came away a believer.

Ed