Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <bigal@k...> wrote:
> Hi.  I am looking to buy a DTXpress unit but I need an expansion 
card 
> to burn my own sounds/samples.  Does this module have that 
> capability?  If so, where can I find a decent (8 meg or so) card to 
> use with it?  And if it doesn't have that capability, can you 
direct 
> me to a drum module, besides the DMPro, that I can burn samples 
to?  
> I'm having a hard time locating a moodule that can do this.  I have 
a 
> DMPro now but it is going bad and it is very difficult to find 
> support since they basically discontinued them. I want something 
new 
> with the latest technology.  

Hi Chris,

Welcome. The DTXpress module doesn't have that capability. The 
current modules that do are the ddrum4 and the Yamaha DTXT2U (the 
DTXtremeIIS module). The Roland TD-20 will probably accept samples 
via the bay on its underside sometime in the future when the company 
decides to enable it (no doubt at a price). But none of the current 
sampling modules is state of the art in this respect. If you want the 
latest technology, a hardware sampler or a software sampler with a 
properly appointed PC and a trigger-to-midi interface of some sort to 
your kit is what you'll need. The ddrum4 is an extraordinarily good-
sounding module for around $1,000 to $1,500 these days, but it's 
almost ten years' old and has memory limitations. Besides its 
excellent triggering and sound, it has the advantage of literally 
hundreds of excellent downloads from the Clavia site. The Yamaha 
DTXTU module is new, has an 8MB SmartMedia drive, and escalating 
support from the company. Assuming that you like its on-board 
features and sounds (most people do), it might be the one for you, if 
the dedicated sampler route is too complicated.

Ed