Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Ed.  Thanks for the fast response.  SO, hmmmmm....if I were to go 
with the Yamaha DTXT2U, would I be able to use the same PCMCIA card I 
am using with the DMPro?  If not, do you have any info on where to 
get one, or any helpful websites on the Extreme?  I do like the 
Yamaha interface and if it would allow me to burn my own and has just 
as many voices and drumkits, that would be perfect.  As far as the 
latest technology, I was leaning more towards hooking up the unit to 
my computer via USB or something and just throwing all my wavs, 
etc... into the module.  I don't absolutely need that.  I would be 
fine with the expansion csrd capability.  I'm just emotional right 
now because because my Alesis is about to die and I want something 
new NOW!!!!  : )  Have a new equipment bug.  A dedicated sampler is 
probably overkill for what I need it for.  Other than a handfull of 
songs, it's more of an effects toy.  Also, is the Extreme pretty much 
universaly accomodating as far as triggers go? 


Chris

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- 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