Can an acoustic drummer ever love an electric kit? Enter the Yamaha DTX Pro series

For many drummers, acoustic is king, but can an electric kit ever be as good? Myles is in the studio with the Yamaha DTX 8 and 10 to see if he can be won round.
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Check out the DTX-8 series: gear4music.me/DTX8
Check out the DTX-10 series: gear4music.me/DTX10
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0:00 - 0:46 Intro
CONFESSION STATEMENT HERE
0:46 - 1:34 What do they Sound Like
2:33 - 3:21 TCS heads
2:00 - 2:23 Mesh heads
3:21 - 3:55 TCS vs Mesh Heads
4:04 - 5:18 Shells
5:26 - 6:14 Cymbal Pads
6:20 - 7:12 Kick Pads
7:22 - 7:47 Modules
7:47 - 8:42 Ambience
8:42 - 9:26 Compression
9:26 - 10:30 FX
10:30 - 11:40 DTX Pro X
11:40 - 14:25 Pro vs Pro X
14:25 - 15:39 Hardware
15:45 - 16:36 Final thoughts

[@terrykline3423]

Absolutely great review of these kits, thanks!

[@Gear4musicdrums]

Thanks Terry! Any favourite of the two?

[@terrykline3423]

@@Gear4musicdrums I have the DTX6- KX and it’s really versatile and sound great to my ears. I’ve upgraded the crash to a pcy135 & the kick to a KP90. I use one of the PCY 90’s as a splash or anything else . The kit is well built, compact and sounds great. The module is nice because you can really edit things, but you don’t have to if you’re not into that kind of thing. Thanks for the great review!

[@giannispan8129]

Is it possible to expand by adding a second floor tom and a third crash?

[@groovemaster1978]

Yes its possible because you have an input on the bassdrumpad and a input on the module

[@drummerdaveshouse5848]

Im going electric because of the sound control in all situations and I’m 70 so don’t want to haul all the drums around anymore.

[@williamperri3437]

Does this module sound much better than the DTX 6?

[@ThePowerchimp]

The DTX6 and DTX8 kits have the exact same module. The DTX10 flagship kit has the Pro-X module, which is larger, and geared more toward live playing. It has rows of physical volume faders to quickly tweak individual pad volume on the fly, and access to the internal settings with a couple of twists. The DTX6/8 module has similar functions, they're just hidden within a clunky menu system so its not as slick to tweak settings. The sounds are virtually identical, as are effects, ambience, EQ etc.

[@williamperri3437]

@@ThePowerchimp I was so disappointed in the DTX6/8 module. No one wanted Yamaha to knock out Roland more than me but it just did not happen for me. 😞 😢 I’m a huge Yamaha guy and have owned their drums for years and they do everything well, from musical instruments to motorcycles and high performance motors so I was hoping since they had not released a new module in what felt like almost a decade that everybody’s mind would be blown! I almost felt it was their responsibility! So then it’s released and I wait a little over a year to finally find a kit set up…. Even better it’s barely used and for sale for $600! So the time comes and I’m thinking I’m not gonna need to buy that TD 17 and I’ll just keep my TD 11 for lessons or for back up. Then the moment of truth happens and I start playing and I’m shocked by nothing. 😢 the ease of use and how easy it was to navigate around the kit compared to the 502 module was a huge success, and the playability was to be expected just as good or better than the 502. Not a whole lot better than Roland or worse, but very comparable. What I didn’t notice right away is that the Cymbals to my taste could not compare to Roland cymbals. And although a few of the kits sounded a little bit more acoustic (which most of us have always wanted from E drums) they weren’t good enough to beat out the radio sounding “mixed” generic Roland drums. I’m not a Roland guy but finally bought a kit in 2017 and like my dated TD 11 more than the DTX6 and if I had to choose between the Yamaha DTX6 or the Roland TD17 I would go with the Roland.

[@AaRoN-xn2db]

Hi what do you think is it better TCS or Mash ?

[@Gear4musicdrums]

We're a big fan of the TCS but also love the classic touch/feel of mesh... It's all personable preference though! We'd highly recommend trying them out if you can. Have you got a preference?

[@terrykline3423]

Oh and I prefer the TCS pads hands down. Durable, quiet and doesn’t feel like hitting a trampoline.

[@kamuts7]

@@terrykline3423 trampoline hahaha, you are right, too bouncy, I have the Roland at the moment but hopefully covert to Yamaha soon, had enough of the Rolands they are over rated.

[@ricklang_drummer]

Been using my old DTX900 daily for over a decade, triggering sample libraries both on our own prog-rock releases and for clients. Pads are still close to new. I will never go mesh.

[@dh1380]

These kits still sound corny to me Why did you chose the absolute worst kits to demo?