Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

OK guys....I just started tinkering with my DTXII, I wanna SAVE the 
drumkit.  I changed the voice on my snare ( to 2 layer), I wanna 
make an acoustic kit close in sound to my Pearl acoustic.  I saved 
the snare to user kit 50...I think I made a mistake...I wanna layer 
2 voices on all the pads.  Should I do ALL the pad voice changes, 
then save them?  How can I CHANGE the user kit 50 I created to 
incorporate the rest of the pads I wanna change?...Also, and here's 
a real DUMB one.  I have a prortable boombox, it's a Sony...all it 
has is an outlet for headphones...can I use this jack to plug it 
into the DTX module so I can play along with CDs?  And here's my 
third question...Would a headphone amplifier help me out?  I have 
the Yamaha RH5-ma monitor headphones.  You guys have been great in 
helping this rookie out.  Thanks again!!

Just leave your snare to the new setting in 50. Now do
the other "drums" and resave into 50.

Second question...I don't think that will work. But,
you might get an inexpensive mixer, then run the DTX
and the Boom Box to the mixer and then hear both
through the headphones. Plus, you might get a boost in
volume through the phones.

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Here's my input:
You can save anytime you want. Any time you make a change you know you 
want to save, you should save it before you procede.If you make a 
killer snare, save it before you move on to the toms. Then, if you do 
something really wierd, and want to start from scratch, you can just 
change kits. this erases all the changes you made since you last 
saved, and the killer snare is still saved! 
The boombox question isn't dumb.The input can handle the headphone 
output. That's why there is a volume control (on the boombox AND DTX 
cd input).
A headphone amp is a big help. or even a small mixer with headphone 
output. With a mixer, you can mix the boombox ,too, with better tone 
control. Many express users use mixers.
Here's a tip on creating tom toms. The toms are named 1, 2 , 3 or 
high, mid, low etc. Sometimes a low pitched mid sounds better than a 
low tom. For example, say I have my first tom as maple 12. My second 
tom would normally be maple 14. but i like the sound of the 12 better, 
so I select that one, and tune it lower.And don't forget the reverb 
level,Decay and cutoff frequency.You have a lot of options with the 
sounds.(a word about reverb: sometimes a little goes a long way, big 
reverb sounds very cool, but it can rob the drums of their punch, and 
that initial attack. Be judicious.Drums are not percussion with out 
that percussion!)
Hope this helps.
Scott 

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

> OK guys....I just started tinkering with my DTXII, I wanna SAVE the 
> drumkit.  I changed the voice on my snare ( to 2 layer), I wanna 
> make an acoustic kit close in sound to my Pearl acoustic.  I saved 
> the snare to user kit 50...I think I made a mistake...I wanna layer 
> 2 voices on all the pads.  Should I do ALL the pad voice changes, 
> then save them?  How can I CHANGE the user kit 50 I created to 
> incorporate the rest of the pads I wanna change?...Also, and here's 
> a real DUMB one.  I have a prortable boombox, it's a Sony...all it 
> has is an outlet for headphones...can I use this jack to plug it 
> into the DTX module so I can play along with CDs?  And here's my 
> third question...Would a headphone amplifier help me out?  I have 
> the Yamaha RH5-ma monitor headphones.  You guys have been great in 
> helping this rookie out.  Thanks again!!

I should clarify something in my last post. When you change kits to 
erase changes, just go back to that kit to resume editing. You don't 
have to start a new kit.
Scott
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "hairytrigger <artifax@i...>" 
<artifax@i...> wrote:
> Here's my input:
> You can save anytime you want. Any time you make a change you know 
you 
> want to save, you should save it before you procede.If you make a 
> killer snare, save it before you move on to the toms. Then, if you 
do 
> something really wierd, and want to start from scratch, you can just 
> change kits. this erases all the changes you made since you last 
> saved, and the killer snare is still saved! 
> The boombox question isn't dumb.The input can handle the headphone 
> output. That's why there is a volume control (on the boombox AND DTX 
> cd input).
> A headphone amp is a big help. or even a small mixer with headphone 
> output. With a mixer, you can mix the boombox ,too, with better tone 
> control. Many express users use mixers.
> Here's a tip on creating tom toms. The toms are named 1, 2 , 3 or 
> high, mid, low etc. Sometimes a low pitched mid sounds better than a 
> low tom. For example, say I have my first tom as maple 12. My second 
> tom would normally be maple 14. but i like the sound of the 12 
better, 
> so I select that one, and tune it lower.And don't forget the reverb 
> level,Decay and cutoff frequency.You have a lot of options with the 
> sounds.(a word about reverb: sometimes a little goes a long way, big 
> reverb sounds very cool, but it can rob the drums of their punch, 
and 
> that initial attack. Be judicious.Drums are not percussion with out 
> that percussion!)
> Hope this helps.
> Scott 

> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
<jadiebooshkie@y...>" 
> <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > OK guys....I just started tinkering with my DTXII, I wanna SAVE 
the 
> > drumkit.  I changed the voice on my snare ( to 2 layer), I wanna 
> > make an acoustic kit close in sound to my Pearl acoustic.  I saved 
> > the snare to user kit 50...I think I made a mistake...I wanna 
layer 
> > 2 voices on all the pads.  Should I do ALL the pad voice changes, 
> > then save them?  How can I CHANGE the user kit 50 I created to 
> > incorporate the rest of the pads I wanna change?...Also, and 
here's 

> > a real DUMB one.  I have a prortable boombox, it's a Sony...all it 
> > has is an outlet for headphones...can I use this jack to plug it 
> > into the DTX module so I can play along with CDs?  And here's my 
> > third question...Would a headphone amplifier help me out?  I have 
> > the Yamaha RH5-ma monitor headphones.  You guys have been great in 
> > helping this rookie out.  Thanks again!!