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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.

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)