Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Out of all the available sound modules, which one is the closest to 
duplicating an acoustic kit, both drum and cymbal sounds? Thanks.
--
Jim M.

Hi Jim,

Long time no see. Well, for ride cymbals, it certainly isn't Yamaha. 
But many of the Yamaha drum sounds are pretty damn good, largely 
because they sample their own. I think you're going to get lots of 
arguments on this one, though. Yamaha people diss Roland, Roland 
people diss Yamaha, and each group disses its own. Everybody seems 
to have nice things to say about the Alesis DM Pro, but few e-
drummers really want it; midi people go wild apparently. Ddrum also 
gets a lot of raves for its sounds, many of which come from the kits 
of actual drummers, and downloads of new ones are always available 
from the Clavia website. But ddrum's strong suit, analog triggering, 
is also its downside--no real protection against crosstalk other 
than threshold. All of the modules seem to have their strengths, 
weaknesses, and emphases, and for every credible detractor, there 
seems to be a credible proponent. How's that for fence sitting 
(ouch, my arse is beginning to hurt).

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jmanfredi123 <jmanfred@r...>" 
<jmanfred@r...> wrote:
> Out of all the available sound modules, which one is the closest 
to 

> duplicating an acoustic kit, both drum and cymbal sounds? Thanks.
> --
> Jim M.

Thanks for the synopsis, Ed! Pretty much what I expected to hear.
Maybe some day, some marketing genious somewhere will figure out that 
if they dump a bunch of the useless bells and whistles, concentrate 
on the basic, "root stuff", they might even increase sales! I work 
for a pro audio manufacturer and am aware of how the marketing game 
works. It does not always make alot of sence. For now, I will sit on 
my "outdated & discontinued" dtxtreme module, wait and hope for 
someone to design the module that does exactly what I want. Yea right!
--
Jim


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus 
<liberatusvirus@y...>" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> Long time no see. Well, for ride cymbals, it certainly isn't 
Yamaha. 
> But many of the Yamaha drum sounds are pretty damn good, largely 
> because they sample their own. I think you're going to get lots of 
> arguments on this one, though. Yamaha people diss Roland, Roland 
> people diss Yamaha, and each group disses its own. Everybody seems 
> to have nice things to say about the Alesis DM Pro, but few e-
> drummers really want it; midi people go wild apparently. Ddrum also 
> gets a lot of raves for its sounds, many of which come from the 
kits 
> of actual drummers, and downloads of new ones are always available 
> from the Clavia website. But ddrum's strong suit, analog 
triggering, 

> is also its downside--no real protection against crosstalk other 
> than threshold. All of the modules seem to have their strengths, 
> weaknesses, and emphases, and for every credible detractor, there 
> seems to be a credible proponent. How's that for fence sitting 
> (ouch, my arse is beginning to hurt).
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jmanfredi123 <jmanfred@r...>" 
> <jmanfred@r...> wrote:
> > Out of all the available sound modules, which one is the closest 
> to 
> > duplicating an acoustic kit, both drum and cymbal sounds? Thanks.
> > --
> > Jim M.