Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hello all once again,


right have been lookin around (as some of u already know) for this 
mystery second module. have found an old dtx pro v2.0 and am 
currently haggling with the previous owner over the final price. 
whatever we agree on will be quite reasonable however i was wondering 
if anybody here knows anything about the sounds it has to offer. as i 
currently own and am using a dtxpress I i thought that perhaps the 
sounds might be the same?! i haven't really been able to find anybody 
who has owned both, or who has made a direct comparison. i've read a 
few old reviews, and people seem pretty happy with the onboard 
sounds, however if they are the same or too similar then i think i 
might be a bit gutted, dont wanna make that mistake. if anybody here 
has any experience with both of these modules could u please just 
briefly mention what u thought about the sounds, not so much the 
quality of them, but whether they are similar, identical, different 
etc...?

also another slight concern was how receptive the trigger inputs 
were, as it is quite an old piece of kit. i find the triggering on 
the dtxpress I to be just fine (with a bit of tweaking). if anybody 
has been fortunate enough to use both does the dtx pro trigger as 
well as the dtxpress I, or is there a considerable difference? any 
other comments regarding the dtx pro v.2 brain would also be very 
much appreciated. 

thanks to all who reply, if any!!
cheers pete

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "peterpan" <malakies2000@y...> wrote:
> if anybody here knows anything about the sounds it has to offer. as 
i 
> currently own and am using a dtxpress I i thought that perhaps the 
> sounds might be the same?! 

Pete,

Both the XpressI and DTX had the same number of voices (928); it's a 
good bet that these voices were the same. The difference lies in what 
each module could do with them. The DTX had 61 kits, as opposed to 
the Xpress' 48; it could stack five voices, rather than two; it could 
accommodate more pads; every input was stereo; etc. It also was a lot 
easier to use, with a highly visible window and sliders on the front 
facing that allowed drummers to make changes on the fly without 
having to dig into the guts of the module. 

 also another slight concern was how receptive the trigger inputs 
> were, as it is quite an old piece of kit. i find the triggering on 
> the dtxpress I to be just fine (with a bit of tweaking). if anybody 
> has been fortunate enough to use both does the dtx pro trigger as 
> well as the dtxpress I, or is there a considerable difference? any 
> other comments regarding the dtx pro v.2 brain would also be very 
> much appreciated. 

From what I understand, the trigger/electronic interface has not 
changed all that much for a long time. No doubt certain advances have 
occurred, but, by and large, the technology is basically standard, 
except for the performance wrinkles that manufacturers add at various 
price points. I have a DrumKat Midikiti Pro from around 1990 or so 
that fires as well as, and often better than, more current gear that 
I have. It stacks/alternates as many as four notes and includes an 
automatic velocity envelope that adjusts to playing style. A lot of 
modules on the market now can't do these things, including the 
Xpress. The DTX and the XpressI were contemporaries; they probably 
have the same triggering characteristics.

Ed