Yamaha DTXTREME III Special Electronic Drum Set DTX

When you want to customize your sound, you can take any of over 1,000 internal drum, percussion, special effects voices and loops to create up to fifty user kits. Insert a USB stick and you can save another 1,584 kits. Taking it even further, you can assign any MIDI channel to each pad, giving you access to over 200 melodic GM voices that you can trigger from any pad. With the optional DIMM, you have 512mb of sampling memory allowing an additional 1,016 user voices.

There are 15 trigger inputs, 14 of which will accept three-zone pads. Input 10/11 is able to accept two mono pads by using a stereo splitter. For live performance or recording, there is a stereo pair of outputs, or six individual outputs that also function as three stereo pair, and an S/P DIF digital output. The Aux in allows you to plug an external music source in so that you can play along, or lets you sample directly into the module. There is a full-function sample editor so that you can tweak your samples once recorded. The MIDI in/out allow connection to other devices, and the USB and TO Host terminals allow easy connection to a computer. The USB also allows use of a flash drive to store and load user created data such as kits, samples, songs, and click settings.

The DXTIII has a fully programmable metronome on board, and to take your practice to the next level our Groove Check feature shows you if you are playing ahead of, on, or behind the click. An additional feature of the click, the Rhythm Gate, mutes any hit that is not in time. The width of this gate is adjustable and can track all triggers, or your choice of up to five triggers. The Groove Check and Rhythm Gate function with either the click or the internal sequencer.

The onboard two-track sequencer is loaded with great preset songs in many styles from rock, pop, blues, funk, Latin, and jazz. The sounds are from our famous MOTIF synthesizer so they sound amazing. You can mute the drums, bass, or rhythm/melody instruments to play along, and even record your own drum track to any preset song, and you can speed up or slow the tempo without changing the pitch. There are 50 user songs that you can record your own compositions, either from the pads or with an external MIDI device. There are also 40 pad songs that you can start and stop from any pad, up to four per kit.

Hardware:

The DXTIIISP includes our revolutionary Hexrack featuring hexagonal tubing and tom clamps that rotate on a synthetic ball. We originally developed this rack system for use with our acoustic drums, so it is more than sturdy enough to handle duty with an electronic drum set. The clamps allow minute angle adjustments so the pad placement wherever you choose is easy. The kit also includes our updated 700 series SS-740A snare stand, HS-740A hi hat stand, (1) CH-750 and (2) CH755 cymbal booms. There are five different accessory clamps and three curved rack tubes available to allow you to customize your kit.

Pads:

The DTXTREMEIII Special kit includes the TP120SD three-zone snare pad, (4) TP100 three-zone tom pads, (2) PCY135 three-zone cymbal pads, (1) PCY155 three-zone ride cymbal pad, the RHH135 hi hat, and the new KP125 kick drum trigger. The snare and tom pads have the onboard controller knob that allows trigger adjustment on the fly. You can adjust snare tension, or the pitch, voice assignment, song/click tempo, filter on the snare or toms. The new cymbal pads choke when you grab the edge, respond to the lightest touch, and feel great. The RHH135 attaches to the included hi hat stand using a modified clutch. The cymbal goes up and down like an acoustic hi hat cymbal, and is pressure sensitive so the pitch changes when the pedal is pushed. The KP125 has a large playing surface that feels like an acoustic drum, and easily accommodates a double pedal. The spurs on the new kick trigger hold the pad securely in place, even under the hardest playing.

DTxtreme III Trigger Module

LCD DISPLAY The large, backlit LCD display interacts with the soft-function keys below the screen making it easy to navigate the DTXTREMEIII module quickly and easily.

LED DISPLAY Details of the current performance --such as the kit and tempo-- are displayed here.
MODE Use the dedicated mode buttons for instant access to all of DTXTREMEIII's features.

TRANSPORT Use this button to reproduce a performance or to record via the sequencer.

SLIDERS Use these sliders to adjust the volumes of the main outputs, phones, click, accompaniment, and drum voice groups.

AUX IN / SAMPLING INUse this terminal to connect to external audio equipment and play drums in accompaniment to music, or to input sound for sampling.
*See the next page for more information on sampling.

OUT PUTS In addition to stereo outputs, the DTXTREMEIII has six individual outputs and a S/PDIF digital output to connect to sound reinforcement or recording systems.

PHONES This terminal is the connection point for headphones when playing DTXTREMEIII in a studio or private setting.

PAD INPUTS You can connect up to 15 pads to the DTXTREMEIII module. Up to 13 of these can be two or three zone pads.

MIDI These terminals are used for interconnection with an external MIDI device.

USB These terminals are used to connect with a PC and a USB memory device. Use these terminals when exchanging information in MIDI or wave data form with DTXTREMEIII, such as when saving a performance or uploading previously edited settings.

Cymbal pad

DTXTREMEIII offers a choice of 15” and 13” cymbal pads. Both sizes have the 3-zone structure in which each area of the pad, edge and bell produces a different tone. The natural “vibration” of the live cymbal sound can be faithfully rep

Kick pad

The kick pad is newly enlarged, so your playing will be rock-steady even when you use double footpedals. Also, due to the improved response, DTXTREMEIII will faithfully reproduce the input of each beat.

Hi-Hat pad

DTXTREME III features a newly developed moving-type hi-hat pad that achieves the natural feel of pedal action. It gives you fine control over the range of sounds, from quick-and-decisive to soft-and-subtle. You can even play “foot splash”!

CH750 Cymbal Holder

SS662 Snare Drum Stand

The Yamaha SS662 is a light weight, single-braced snare drum stand for snare drums that measure 12" and smaller.

TP120SD 3 Zone Pad

TP100 3 Zone Pad

This 10" pad is a 3-zone type that can be mounted on a tom clamp. The pad's rim is divided into 2 zones that, when plugged into a 3-zone input, lets you play both open and closed rim-shot sounds in addition to the head. Each zone can also be assigned to trigger any 3 voices you choose. Also featured is an easy-to-adjust pad controller placed within easy reach to provide easy control over snare adjustment and tuning.

HS740A Hi-Hat Stand

Chain-linked, tension adjustable, rotating legs, medium weight. 

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