Q:

Yamaha DTX Multi-12 drum pad SW/HW hack

I have a Yamaha DTX Multi-12 drum pad. It's great, but its fatal design flaw is it doesn't support samples over ~5 sec/ ~100 KB. I would love to be able to import pop-song-length CD-quality samples (+5 min. @ 192 Kbps).
I don't really know where to start with this. My first guess: Find a compatible 16GB+ SSD 2.5" hard drive, attach it to the motherboard, then tweak the software so it can recognize and accept importing larger file sizes/longer sample lengths. How you actually do all that is beyond me.
Anyone have any insight into a fairly advanced project like this? Thanks!

A:

I don't think the software can be 'tweaked' since it's built in some flash/EEPROM and cannot be edited.
The most easiest way is probably to use an external sampler, assuming your Yamaha DTX has MIDI output. Modern samplers (or even by using a laptop with MIDI interface) can give very long samples.
But of course this would 'spoil' the project.

