DTX

DTX electronic drum is the line of electronic-MIDI drum set manufacteured by Yamaha. The DTX Trigger System is a custom drum module which can be used to trigger sounds with acoustic drums (best demonstrated by drummer Akira Jimbo). A modified version of the DTX kit can be found in 2 drumming games: MTV Drumscape(which has no scoring system) and the more popular Drummania.

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For the consumer market, there are three flavors:

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• DTXplorer, a set of "low end" electronic drum, though still pricy when compared to other MIDI-capable electronic drums. It features five single zone pads and two cymbal pads.
• DTXpress, now in its third incarnation, is the mid range, and still offers very good quality. It consists of one 3-zone snare, three one-zone pads, one hi-hat pad, and two cymbal pads.
• DTXtreme, now in its second incarnation, is the high end drum set, and aside from offering even more drum sounds (and more realistic ones too), it is also capable of plugging in extra drum pads. Additionally, the electronic drum pads can be multizoned too, as best to imitiate a real acoustic drum.

The Drummania simulation game, DTXmania, is named due to the fact that it was initially designed to work with DTX drums, though it works equally well with other MIDI capable drumsets.

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Yamaha: A manufacturer of a diverse range of musical instruments and electronics. See Yamaha CorporationA manufacturer of motorcycles, outboard motors, and other motor products. See Yamaha Motor Corporation...

Akira Jimbo: Akira Jimbo (b. 1959 Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese freelance jazz fusion drummer who became famous through his playing with Casiopea during the years 1979-1989. These days Casiopea is recording again with Jimbo, who returned in 1998. During his solo career he formed Jimsaku-duo with Casiopea's bassist...

MTV Drumscape: MTV Drumscape is a drum simulator made by the Devecka company (president John Devecka). It resembles Karaoke for drums. Its game status is always in dispute, due to it lacks any scoring system or concept of 'success/failure'. It held the drum simulation game patent in the United States, thus barring...