Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Just saying hello. Got my first set of drums yesterday and it was the DTXpress. Figured it couldn t hurt to look up a yahoo group to join. Never played before,

> Just saying hello. Got my first set of drums yesterday and it was the
> DTXpress. Figured it couldn't hurt to look up a yahoo group to join.
> Never
> played before, and messing aruond with an electronic drumset as my
> first
> should prove interesting.
>
> Like I said, just saying hello and making sure that my emails out to
> the
> group are working. Haha
>
> --Matt

Welcome :-)

I started playing when I saw the local nightschool had a 'drumming'
class. Couldn't believe it.

Bought an old Simmons kit, before the Internet was so popular.

Then I broke from it for a few years.

I recently joined a band, bought the DTXpress, and found (by asking in
the local music shop) a good tutor. That's been great, I'd recommend
it.

Incidentally, I gigged with the kit for the first time last week and
it went down really well. That same music shop is run by a 'proper'
drummer and he said "an electronic kit eh, have you gigged with it
yet?" and then gave me a knowing look. Well, I bite my thumb at him!

If you haven't worked out your amp yet, it's the most common question
on here. The answer is you need a keyboard amp not a guitar one,
Peavey KBs are the most common, but I went for the Behringer KX1200
and love it (although it's rather big and heavy). You need the range
.. high for the cymbals, low for the bass drum kick.

OK, so I strayed from my welcome, but since you're just starting I
thought you might be interested in hearing my path.

Have fun :-)

J

Thanks J, You did help, because I was going to look at amps tonight and thought I could just grab whatever. I ll make sure I look at the keyboard ones instead.

> Matt said
> My only problem now that I'm having is one that I saw someone ask
> about a
> couple days ago. I saw the post in hte message threads on the groups
> site. I
> responded saying that I had the same issue, however it didnt seem to
> go
> through.
>
> My hi hat controller isnt working. I assumed all the cables for the
> pads and
> cymbals etc, were all stereo cables and it wouldnt matter which one
> went
> into the controller.. am I wrong in assuming this?

Dunno about that, someone more knowledgeable than I will come back to
you I'm sure. In the meantime, see if you can work out how to search
the archives.

However, all my cables arrived individually labelled so I know exactly
what plugs into where. Best make sure that's right before thinking
anything else might be wrong, I don't know if it matters (intuitively
I'm thinking the crash, hi hat controller, bass drum, and snare would
have stereo, the rest mono but that's without bothering to swing my
chair around and have a look.

J

Hi ya,

Yes it does matter, I had the same problem when I was tinkering and 
changed some plugs around, I assumed they would all be the same too 
but NO, sorry I cannot remember off the top of my head which is 
which but I know the bass and hi hat controller are different (those 
are the ones I swapped), you can tell which is which by looking at 
the plug ends, two black rings means stero and one means mono. I 
think the hi hat controller is the mono one.
Hope that helps

rhys


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, john@j... wrote:
> > Matt said
> > My only problem now that I'm having is one that I saw someone ask
> > about a
> > couple days ago. I saw the post in hte message threads on the 
groups
> > site. I
> > responded saying that I had the same issue, however it didnt 
seem to
> > go
> > through.
> >
> > My hi hat controller isnt working. I assumed all the cables for 
the
> > pads and
> > cymbals etc, were all stereo cables and it wouldnt matter which 
one
> > went
> > into the controller.. am I wrong in assuming this?
> 
> Dunno about that, someone more knowledgeable than I will come back 
to
> you I'm sure. In the meantime, see if you can work out how to 
search
> the archives.
> 
> However, all my cables arrived individually labelled so I know 
exactly
> what plugs into where. Best make sure that's right before thinking
> anything else might be wrong, I don't know if it matters 
(intuitively
> I'm thinking the crash, hi hat controller, bass drum, and snare 
would

> have stereo, the rest mono but that's without bothering to swing my
> chair around and have a look.
> 
> J

awesome, that helps a ton. thanks a bunch rhys. ill get to that when i hit home tonight