Yamaha DTX series

DTX is the line of electronic MIDI drum kit and percussion sets manufactured by Yamaha Corporation. The DTX Trigger System is a custom drum module which can be used to trigger sounds with acoustic drums. A modified version of the DTX kit can be found in two drumming games: MTV Drumscape and Drummania.

Models

Current models

  • DTX400 Series, the entry level model. It supports up to nine triggers, including a 3-zone snare, two cymbals, three tom pads, hi-hat and kick. The module has ten editable kits, and have a USB-MIDI port.[1]
  • DTX500 Series, the mid-level model. It supports up to 12 triggers including a 3-zone snare, two 3-zone cymbals, dual-zone hi-hat and eight single-zone inputs, including kick. The module contains 50 different kits and has both USB and MIDI (except the DTX 500 only has MIDI interface) connections[2]
  • DTX700 Series, the upper-range model. It supports up to 11 distinct triggers including 3-zone snare, hi-hat, cymbals and toms. two inputs are single-zone including the kick.[3]
  • DTX900 Series, the flagship model. It supports up to 15 distinct triggers including 3-zone snare, hi-hat, cymbals and toms. Two inputs are single-zone including the kick. The module contains 100 different drum kits and has both USB and MIDI.[4]

The second number e.g. the '2' in DTX520k refers to the configuration of the assembled kit. Generally, a '5' or '6' indicates that the module have all possible triggers fully connected, whereas a '0' indicates that only a basic set of pads and cymbals are included.

Previous models

  • DTXplorer - predecessor to the DTX400 Series
  • DTXpress - predecessor to the DTX500 Series
  • DTXtreme - predecessor to the DTX700/DTX900 Series

The Drummania simulation game, DTXmania, is named because it was initially designed to work with DTX drums, though it works equally well with other MIDI-capable drum sets.

Yamaha DTX Drum Modules

List of Yamaha DTX Drum Modules
Drum Module Release Instruments Kits Polyphony Trigger Inputs Outputs Midi
Drum Backing Total Mono Stereo Stereo

Pairs

Single

Channel

mono/

mono

piezo/

switch

piezo/

piezo

DTX 12 2 In/Out
DTXPRESS 2000 10 1 In/Out
DTXTREME 2000 16 2 6 In/Out/

Thru

DTXPRESS II 2002 10 1 In/Out
DTXTREME IIs 2002 16 2 6 In/Out/

Thru

DTXPRESS III 2003 10 1 In/Out
DTXPLORER 2004 9 1 Out
DTXPRESS IV 2006 12 1 In/Out
DTXTREME III 2007 100 64 15 13 (1-9,12-15) 2 (10,11) 2 6 In/Out
DTX900 2009 1115 100 64 15 13 (1-9,12-15) 2 (10,11) 2 6 In/Out,

USB

DTX500 2009 10 In/Out
DTXM12 2009 5 In/Out
DTX700 2010 1268 60 64 11 - - 9 (1-8,11) 2 (9,10) In/Out
DTX502 2012 691 100 32 9 4 (1,5,6,9) 4 (2,3,4,7) 1 USB
DTX400 2012 169 10 9 Out
DTX900M 1115 100 64 15 13 (1-9,12-15) 2 (10,11)

References

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