Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi all
I want to buy an E-drum and I have some questions

1)Where I can find some dtxtreme IIs video demos and reviews?
2)What do you think about the dtxtreme IIS system?
3)Do you suggest me to buy the dtxpress III special or the Roland
TD-6s new kit and why?

I have seen all the material around the web about the dtxpress III
special and the roland TD-6s, and now i must give me an answer... what
do you suggest me? I must buy the kit until the end of the week! Thank
you!

Alex

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

Hi Alex, 

> 1)Where I can find some dtxtreme IIs video demos and reviews?

No video yet, but they're working on it. Informal reviews pepper this 
site (run a search), as well as the Yahoo DTXtreme site and Yamaha's 
own DTXperience site, which has a couple of mp3s of DTX sounds in 
action. 

> 2)What do you think about the dtxtreme IIS system?

Personally, I like how it plays and how it works. Though my 
experience with the sounds is limited, I definitely like what I've 
heard. I can't imagine that anyone familiar with the various e-drum 
options would find much fault with them in general, though people 
will always have their preferences. 

> 3)Do you suggest me to buy the dtxpress III special or the Roland
> TD-6s new kit and why?

I think that the III SP is a nice kit. Roland products tend to run 
high in the cost per bang ratio, but that has not affected sales. If 
you want a mesh snare out of the box, the Roland might be your 
ticket, but if you like the Yamaha three-trigger capability and new 
hi hat on a stick, the DTXPIIISP gets the nod. Comparing other 
features by cost beyond would seem to give the edge to the Yamaha, 
though the TD-6 module is a winner (who needs COSM?). But, really, in 
the end, no one can decide for you. Keep reading the forums and get 
as much firsthand experience as you can and go for it. I'll bet that 
whichever kit you buy will show you a damn good time. 

Ed

---"emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> (who needs COSM?).  

What does COSM do, anyway?

--- Tom wrote:
> What does COSM do, anyway?

Allows you to model construction details of the drum, like shell 
material and depth, damping, and head material, cymbal size, and a 
whole bunch of other things.

Stewart

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <tombrook11232@y...> wrote:
> ---"emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > (who needs COSM?).  
> 
> What does COSM do, anyway?

COSM is a simplified user interface for adjusting parameters on 
Roland equipment using a rich set of presets.  Rather than adjusting 
parameters and technical values, Roland has created COSM to allow 
users use terminology and adjustments that bears familiarity to 
those users.  Rather than adjusting pitch, envelope, attack, etc. 
COSM on a edrum sound module use terms like drum size, material, 
microphone, etc.

COSM generally makes it easier to understand how to adjust your 
equipment.  Great idea that generally works very well.  Other 
companies have similar ideas but use different names or no 
particular name for this in their equipment (eg. most new reverb 
machines use preset values called "hall", "small room", "big room", 
etc. it is really the same idea.  You could adjust a lot of 
parameters to find the same sound effects, but these presets are 
more intuitive to most and the learning cure is much simpler).