Yamaha Electronic Drums

Does anybody know if it’s possible to import other electronic drum kits/ midi sounds into a Yamaha DTXpress1?

December 2, 2009
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My band is using a Yamaha DTXpress 1 electronic drum brain (yeah…it’s old), to give sounds to our bass triggers. The preloaded drum kits on the brain sound to fake to use, no matter how much internal tweaking we try. I’ve got a few drum machines on my computer, such as Hydrogen, Beatcraft and...

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Is the Yamaha DTXpress IV Special Electronic Drum Set worth buying?

November 25, 2009
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Im thinking about buying one so I need to know…….. The Xpress 4 is a really decent kit for the price. Personally I tend to prefer Roland but I’ll be totally honest in saying: don’t listen to what people are saying! The Roland / Yamaha debate is an age old one (well as old...

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Stopping vibrations (false triggers) with electronic drums?

November 25, 2009
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I am currently using a Yamaha Dtxpress electronic drum set. Sometimes, when I hit certain pads, the set will actually think I’m hitting a cymbal or some other pad that I didn’t even touch. I know these false hits are occuring because of the vibrations that travel through the drum rack. My question is:...

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i have lost one of the leads to my electronic drumkit, where can i buy another one?

November 18, 2009
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it it the yamaha electronic drum kit this one: http://www.yamaha-europe.com/picture_archiv/products/10_Musical_instruments/drums/electronic_drums/dtxplorer/dtxplorer_high_jpg.jpg i think its an AC adapter and its the lead that plugs the drum kit into the mains. i can’t play the drum kit without it, does anyone know where i can buy another one? According to this: http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/uk/10_musical_instruments/40_drums/40_electronic_drums/08_dtxplorer/10_no_series/10_dtxplorer/specs/index.html it runs off of 12...

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How much would shipping for an electronic drum kit (Yamaha DTXpress) be from the USA over to here, England?

November 18, 2009
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hell of a lot .

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Is Yamaha DTXplorer Electronic Drum Kit any good?

November 17, 2009
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hello guys, I wanna get a electronic drum kit, which one is good and cheap?? is Yamaha DTXplorer Electronic Drum Kit good? I mainly use it for solo practising drum at home, because rite now I cant play at home with my drum kit because it is too loud. Any good advice? The Yamaha...

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can i add EXTRA cymbals/drums to the yamaha dtxpress electronic drum kit?

November 12, 2009
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thanks. Yes…absolutely …you can add real cymbals & drums to a eletronic kit. It’s a drum kit…and it fun adding stuff to it as you go along.. They ( Neil Peart, Roger Taylor, Alex Van Halen and many others) did it back in the 80s with Simmons Electronic Drum kits. Hope this helps and...

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