Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

For all you who are wondering. Here's the info on the dtxpress III 
as translated from the Japanese brochure.  The brochure was printed 
in Oct '03. 

The dtxpress III started selling in Japan on Nov 30, 2003. The 
prices are as follows.

DTXPIIISTD  128,000 Yen  ($1220 American)
DTXPIIISP   185,000 Yen  ($1762 American)

This is without kick pedal and throne.  With both of these it is an 
additional 12,000 Yen ($115 American).

There will be a first year sale schedule quantity of 5000 units.

The DTXPIIISTD is similar to the DTXPIISTD except the pads are TP65 
vice TP60.  And the module is a DTXP3J.  I will get into the 
DTXPIIISP for the rest of this, since this is new and has the most 
upgrades.

The DTXPIIISP consists of the following:
DTXP3J drum module
TP65 single zone pad x 3
TP65S 3 zone pad x 1
PCY150S 3 zone cymbal x 1
PCY130S 2 zone cymbal x 1
PCY130 single zone cymbal x 1
KP65 kick pad x1
RHH130 real hi-hat 2 zone pad x 1
HS650 hi-hat stand x1
RS75 rack system
FP7210 foot pedal
DS640 stool

I'll scan in the pages from the brochure tomorrow and post them as a 
file tomorrow.

The PCY150S is a 15" round pad is the ride cymbal with a zone in the 
pad section, the edge and the cup section for 3 zones. In addition 
to being round, it shakes and reproduces feeling and hitting like 
real.

The RHH130 hi-hat installs on a hi-hat stand. It has a sensor in the 
high hat clutch and one somatotype in the round rubber pad of 13" 
and can adjust the open condition of the top and bottom. Also the 
weight correstonds to the rod close to the genuine high hat. It is a 
dual zone pad. 

The tone generator module had various improvements. The treble 
quality centers cymal sound the ripple mark and pre-setting voice 
were added, and the real timbre was actualized. With song section of 
95 tunes, a new tune was added, by the fact that the CD player is 
connected to the AUX terminal, choosing favorite tune from stock CD, 
session (combination playing) also is possible to do.

The rack is a new design with a silver color. The alumite processing 
makes sliding of the attachments difficult. With the cymbals 
increased it has added strength.

DTXP3J drum trigger module:
  16 bit AWM2 sound source system.
  990 drum and percussion sounds
  128 keyboard timbre
  48 preset drum kits
  32 user drum kits

TP65S/65  Synthetic rubber with AAS resin frame 220x61 mm
KP65 Kick pad synthetic rubber with mild steel board frame 
233x271x416 mm
PCY150S 3 zone cymbal pad 386x70mm wt 1.8kg
PCY130S 2 zone cymbal pad 239x65mm 1.4kg
PCY130 1 zone cymbal pad 239x65mm 1.4kg
RHH130 real high hat pad 2 zone 312x245x46.5mm 2.3kg
HS650 high hat stand 65-90cm tall 3.86kg
RS75 rack system 840(w)x670(d)x980(h) 9.8kg
entire wt of DTXPIIISP is 28.8kg

That's about it for now, sorry for the bad translation. If anyone 
has specific questions I'll try to answer them. I'm getting this 
information from the brochure and the yamaha press release 
(Japanese).  Will get the brochure up tomorrow night.
1. New development round 3 zone pad adoption. DTXPIIISP has a 15" 
round pad.