Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I was about to purchase my 1st electronic kit DTXPRESSII after 23 
years of playing.It seems that waiting may be a good idea.Now that 
Yamaha are about to release the DTXPRESSIII.Does anyone know what it 
will have that the II does not.O.K the Hi Hat is different there must 
be more.
Thankyou Paul

--- hotstockuk wrote:
> Does anyone know what it will have that the II
> does not.O.K the Hi Hat is different there must 
> be more.

This has been discussed as extensively as the information and 
translation from Japanese allows just recently, so you should have a 
search of the archives. In summary, there seems to be a pair of 
models with different equipment levels:

* STD (standard). Basically equipped as per the current II, with a 
new rack.

* SP (special). New rack plus: new hi-hat controller, two PCY130 
round crash cymbals (stereo) and one PCY150 "threepio" (the three 
sound equivalent of stereo) with bow trigger plus edge and bell 
switches.

Both have the new III module, which is much as per II but 
with "cleaned up" sounds, particularly cymbals.

I want those cymbals, and I want them *now*.

Stewart

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "hotstockuk" <hotstockuk@y...> wrote:
> I was about to purchase my 1st electronic kit DTXPRESSII after 23 
> years of playing.It seems that waiting may be a good idea.Now that 
> Yamaha are about to release the DTXPRESSIII.Does anyone know what 
it 
> will have that the II does not.O.K the Hi Hat is different there 
must 
> be more.

Paul,

Dave Jewell was slightly cagey about what the IIISP would offer when 
we bagged him, asking us to wait until January for the full story, 
but the Japanese web page about its launch probably says it all: a 
couple of three-sound (bow, edge, and bell) round cymbals, the new hi 
hat on a traditional stand, and a brand new shiny rack that collapses 
with pads. We're also guessing, based on the chip that OGD was able 
to procure from Yamaha for his kit x 3, that all of the inputs will 
allow cymbal choking. The Japanese website also says something about 
the cymbal samples being improved. We're not exactly sure what that 
means--maybe that they underwent noise reduction. No technical 
improvement in the basic electronics seems to be in the offing (still 
16 bit, 44khz), and I doubt that new samples are included. The STD 
version of the III seems to be the same as the II, except for the 
rack. Did I leave anything out?

Ed

Ed,

I went back to the Japanese site over the weekend. I think that the PCY150
will be the only 3-zone cymbal in the set. The PCY130/PCY130S will just be
mono/stereo(two zone), respectively.

OGD

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> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "hotstockuk" <hotstockuk@y...> wrote:
> > I was about to purchase my 1st electronic kit DTXPRESSII after 23 
> > years of playing.It seems that waiting may be a good idea.Now that 
> > Yamaha are about to release the DTXPRESSIII.Does anyone know what 
> it 
> > will have that the II does not.O.K the Hi Hat is different there 
> must 
> > be more.
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Dave Jewell was slightly cagey about what the IIISP would offer when 
> we bagged him, asking us to wait until January for the full story, 
> but the Japanese web page about its launch probably says it all: a 
> couple of three-sound (bow, edge, and bell) round cymbals, the new hi 
> hat on a traditional stand, and a brand new shiny rack that collapses 
> with pads. We're also guessing, based on the chip that OGD was able 
> to procure from Yamaha for his kit x 3, that all of the inputs will 
> allow cymbal choking. The Japanese website also says something about 
> the cymbal samples being improved. We're not exactly sure what that 
> means--maybe that they underwent noise reduction. No technical 
> improvement in the basic electronics seems to be in the offing (still 
> 16 bit, 44khz), and I doubt that new samples are included. The STD 
> version of the III seems to be the same as the II, except for the 
> rack. Did I leave anything out?
> 
> Ed
> 
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Thankyou everyone for your help and advise.
The Price on the Jap Site is £700;00 for the standard and £1000;00 
the the special kit.Does that include VAT.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" <moosetication@y...> 
wrote:
> --- hotstockuk wrote:
> > Does anyone know what it will have that the II
> > does not.O.K the Hi Hat is different there must 
> > be more.
> 
> This has been discussed as extensively as the information and 
> translation from Japanese allows just recently, so you should have 
a 

> search of the archives. In summary, there seems to be a pair of 
> models with different equipment levels:
> 
> * STD (standard). Basically equipped as per the current II, with a 
> new rack.
> 
> * SP (special). New rack plus: new hi-hat controller, two PCY130 
> round crash cymbals (stereo) and one PCY150 "threepio" (the three 
> sound equivalent of stereo) with bow trigger plus edge and bell 
> switches.
> 
> Both have the new III module, which is much as per II but 
> with "cleaned up" sounds, particularly cymbals.
> 
> I want those cymbals, and I want them *now*.
> 
> Stewart

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "hotstockuk" <hotstockuk@y...> wrote:
> Thankyou everyone for your help and advise.
> The Price on the Jap Site is £700;00 for the standard and £1000;00 
> the the special kit.Does that include VAT.

I wouldn't think that a manufacturer's price would include VAT or any 
other applicable tax. Right?