The bad thing with the DTX (or any Yamaha hardware) is the programming and setup if you want or need to go beyond what's provided from the factory. Nice thing with the DTX is I can use fingers, hands and even drum sticks. I did up a couple of custom maps in BFD to trigger the sounds I want as the DTX only has 12 pads. That's not difficult as the drum vi will usually have both premade maps and also the ability to do MIDI learn.įor my setup I use a Yamaha DTXM12 and BFD3. You may have to roll your own mapping with whatever drum software you want to use. If you want more than just the 4x4 deal the Roland HPD Handsonic pads are pretty good and can trigger a lot more sounds at one time.
For simple beat making anything with a 4x4 pad layout will work what you really should look at is how durable something is as those pads are going to take a beating and then some. I wouldn't trust anything a salesdroid says at a Guitar Center They are probably pushing something they have a deal on and need to sell.īut the answer depends on what you want to do. In your estimation, what is the best combination of drum software and pad controller? A salesman at the music store suggested one of the Korg pad controllers because it maps very easily with the Toon Tracks drum software and its expansion packs.
