Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

hey guys,
            long time since i posted on here,been busy as hell. nice 
to see alot of action on here though (this is still one of the best 
places on the net in my opinion) i just bought up a drum kat about 2 
weeks ago for my recording kit,and man i love the thing. there's so 
much that it can do,and basically every feature on the dtxpress 
works great with the drumkat( and the pads work just as well plugged 
into the drumkat as they do directly into the dtxpress module) .. 
layering voices is great on here,and although you can only layer 2 
voices with the dtxpress the drumkat lets you layer 3 voices on each 
pad (even the external input ones),and have to control on each one.. 
plus with having 9 inputs on the back of the drumkat offers the 
ability to have a 19 peice monster e-drum kit even in a pretty space 
limited area.. it's a great tool for recording,and i have been 
giving it a work-out on my new roland vs-1880 (love this thing as 
well) just figured i'd see if anyone else has used the drumkat with 
the dtxpress module,and had anything to say about there experience 
with doing so, also this may be a nice option for users wanting that 
bigger e-drum kit,but not wanting to devour a rooms worth of space 
to have one... i have also just recently bought a hart multi-pad 6 
that i'm gonna be putting into the configuration soon, but you can 
see pics of my current recording kit configuration by checking out 
my pics(otacon28's pics) in the photos section (there the last few 
pics that i just added)

rock on guys,
               sam(otacon28)

Hi Sam,

I've been using the Kat MidiKITI for sometime, and it meets my needs 
for more inputs perfectly at this point. It also has advanced 
stacking features (3 voices layed, 4 alternating, and a wealth of 
interesting velocity curves, which I have yet to use to full 
advantage). I've dealt a little with Alternate Mode. It's in my home 
state of Mass., and seems to be run by a small number of pleasant 
people.

Ed


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "otacon28us" <reva@s...> wrote:
> hey guys,
>             long time since i posted on here,been busy as hell. 
nice 
> to see alot of action on here though (this is still one of the 
best 
> places on the net in my opinion) i just bought up a drum kat about 
2 
> weeks ago for my recording kit,and man i love the thing. there's 
so 
> much that it can do,and basically every feature on the dtxpress 
> works great with the drumkat( and the pads work just as well 
plugged 
> into the drumkat as they do directly into the dtxpress module) .. 
> layering voices is great on here,and although you can only layer 2 
> voices with the dtxpress the drumkat lets you layer 3 voices on 
each 
> pad (even the external input ones),and have to control on each 
one.. 
> plus with having 9 inputs on the back of the drumkat offers the 
> ability to have a 19 peice monster e-drum kit even in a pretty 
space 
> limited area.. it's a great tool for recording,and i have been 
> giving it a work-out on my new roland vs-1880 (love this thing as 
> well) just figured i'd see if anyone else has used the drumkat 
with 
> the dtxpress module,and had anything to say about there experience 
> with doing so, also this may be a nice option for users wanting 
that 

> bigger e-drum kit,but not wanting to devour a rooms worth of space 
> to have one... i have also just recently bought a hart multi-pad 6 
> that i'm gonna be putting into the configuration soon, but you can 
> see pics of my current recording kit configuration by checking out 
> my pics(otacon28's pics) in the photos section (there the last few 
> pics that i just added)
> 
> rock on guys,
>                sam(otacon28)

yeah,
    a friend of mine has the midikiti ,and also really likes the 
usefulness of it as well.. i found a video for the drumkat on 
ebay.and scooped it up as well, man it covers so much stuff on 
it,and is really easy to sit down with the drumkat,and dive into 
some of the advanced stuff fairly easily with the video. i didn't 
end up getting a manual with the kat,but the video more than makes 
up for not having one right off the bat, i will be on the look out 
for the manual though...  i really like the fact that you can play 
the drumkat pads without sticks too,this is cool for starting and 
stopping sequencing stuff,and loops (basically like the pad assign 
feature on the dtxpress) it was definately a great investment 
though.. i don't know why i haven't got one a while ago..


later,

sam(otacon28)

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Hi Sam,
> 
> I've been using the Kat MidiKITI for sometime, and it meets my 
needs 
> for more inputs perfectly at this point. It also has advanced 
> stacking features (3 voices layed, 4 alternating, and a wealth of 
> interesting velocity curves, which I have yet to use to full 
> advantage). I've dealt a little with Alternate Mode. It's in my 
home 
> state of Mass., and seems to be run by a small number of pleasant 
> people.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "otacon28us" <reva@s...> wrote:
> > hey guys,
> >             long time since i posted on here,been busy as hell. 
> nice 
> > to see alot of action on here though (this is still one of the 
> best 
> > places on the net in my opinion) i just bought up a drum kat 
about 
> 2 
> > weeks ago for my recording kit,and man i love the thing. there's 
> so 
> > much that it can do,and basically every feature on the dtxpress 
> > works great with the drumkat( and the pads work just as well 
> plugged 
> > into the drumkat as they do directly into the dtxpress 
module) .. 
> > layering voices is great on here,and although you can only layer 
2 
> > voices with the dtxpress the drumkat lets you layer 3 voices on 
> each 
> > pad (even the external input ones),and have to control on each 
> one.. 
> > plus with having 9 inputs on the back of the drumkat offers the 
> > ability to have a 19 peice monster e-drum kit even in a pretty 
> space 
> > limited area.. it's a great tool for recording,and i have been 
> > giving it a work-out on my new roland vs-1880 (love this thing 
as 
> > well) just figured i'd see if anyone else has used the drumkat 
> with 
> > the dtxpress module,and had anything to say about there 
experience 
> > with doing so, also this may be a nice option for users wanting 
> that 
> > bigger e-drum kit,but not wanting to devour a rooms worth of 
space 
> > to have one... i have also just recently bought a hart multi-pad 
6 
> > that i'm gonna be putting into the configuration soon, but you 
can 
> > see pics of my current recording kit configuration by checking 
out 
> > my pics(otacon28's pics) in the photos section (there the last 
few 

> > pics that i just added)
> > 
> > rock on guys,
> >                sam(otacon28)

--- "otacon28us" wrote:
> ...i didn't end up getting a manual with the kat...
> ...i will be on the look out for the manual though...

The manuals seem to be online in PDF form here:
http://www.alternatemode.com/manuals.shtml

Stewart