Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Woooohoooooo. I got to open up my DTXPRESSII last night and jam on it
for the first time!!! Oh man it was exactly what I had expected. We
recorded the whole session, so I shall be posting it soon. It sounds
fantastic, and so easy to play. We were super impressed by how well it
records. Recording directly into the MiniDisc was a dream. Every
subtle nuance from some of the wackier kits got recorded perfectly.
Now comes the long and complicated task of tweaking those kits so they
sound a little bit more realistic. Any advice for setting up for the
first time? Which one of the pre-set kits do you use most often? Which
one is the best to sculpt into a realistic drum set?

DTXPRESS ruuuuuules!  ;)

Better reply late than never, I suppose. So here is my response. (I 
am owner of the DTXpressI so the following kits may not be the same 
as on your DTXpressII.)

I started off with Kit #2 NewBeat, because I like the sharp snare 
sound of that kit, but I like my toms to sound more melodic so I 
used those saved on Kit #9 Ballade. I liked the sound of the kick 
pedal but wanted more bass thump, so I assigned K:2 2HedMed2 to 
Voice 2 to beef it up.

That's the basic kit I use, although I have completely revised the 
cymbal sounds, and changed the pitch of the toms to suit.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jay" <jayluv6@y...> wrote:
> Woooohoooooo. I got to open up my DTXPRESSII last night and jam on 
it
> for the first time!!! Oh man it was exactly what I had expected. We
> recorded the whole session, so I shall be posting it soon. It 
sounds
> fantastic, and so easy to play. We were super impressed by how 
well it
> records. Recording directly into the MiniDisc was a dream. Every
> subtle nuance from some of the wackier kits got recorded perfectly.
> Now comes the long and complicated task of tweaking those kits so 
they
> sound a little bit more realistic. Any advice for setting up for 
the
> first time? Which one of the pre-set kits do you use most often? 
Which

> one is the best to sculpt into a realistic drum set?
> 
> DTXPRESS ruuuuuules!  ;)