Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

. . . to acknowledge the fact that we've passed the 2,000 member mark. 
To those of us who can remember the days when we numbered in the low 
hundreds and wondered what the future would hold, this many notches on 
the revolving door is quite an accomplishment. Our posts per month may 
have dwindled considerably since the golden days, but we still seem to 
be serving a worthwhile purpose.  Thanks to everyone active, and 
especially to Rob, Vern, Stewart, and--though he doesn't carry the 
title of moderator--Keith, whose involvement and whose special talents 
have enriched the board from the moment he joined. 

Regular programming now resumes.

The Management

But why is it so quiet?  Maybe the Yamaha kit is so reliable now that
no-one has problems ;-)

Well, so far quite a few people have built the "magic box" that I know
of, and presumably some I don't know about.  I have also sold a dozen.

I joined a band a few weeks ago, had our first "gig" (four songs -
it's all we can play) and now I have bought one of these:

http://www.thomann.de/thoiw2_the_box_pa203_15a_prodinfo.html

It may be useful to European users - it is good value and I think is
Thomann's own make.  An alternative to the Behringer KX1200?  Also,
luckily it fits nicely between the half folded legs of a DTXpress kit
laid on its back in the back of a car.

Next up are some more cymbals.  Now I am playing "real" songs, a few
more sounds would be useful.  Then I will need some sort of magic box
because I will run out of inputs!

I was thinking of getting the round cymbals, mainly for looks, but now
I am carting the kit around every week the wedge cymbals make sense -
the kit lays down in the car better than I think it would with a full
cumbal.

Anyway, I hope everyone is drumming and having fun.

Keith.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:

> But why is it so quiet? 

Keith,

A lot of our business has come from people who just bought a Yamaha 
kit or were considering it.  When they get their questions answered, 
many of them never return, though they remain on the books as 
members.  In the early days, we were pioneers.  The people who joined 
were eager to find others willing to discuss problems, possibilities, 
functions, and developments.  We also had input from companies. I had 
a direct pipeline to Pintech and Visulite, for example; OGD was 
chummy with Yamaha's electronic division.  But many things have 
changed since then.  E-drums have proliferated (and, arguably, 
stalled since the days when they were innovations) and so have the 
websites dedicated to them.  Yamaha even has its own site now, which 
does a lot of the work that we used to do; Pintech has changed hands 
and no longer works closely with us (despite my entreaties a couple 
of years ago).  Many early adopters have advanced to other equipment, 
and the wear and tear of life and other forms of depreciation have 
cut into the time that the moderators have had to stimulate the 
group. Resurgence is not out of the question, but slow, steady growth 
with some problem solving ain't all that bad for the time being.

Ed