Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> This is a fine place to discuss the DTXT2S module. A bunch of 

Thanks for your warm welcome :-)



> the user changes it for some reason). Generally, MIDI-challenged 
> drummers who just want to bang away can ignore these note numbers 
as 
> they program their selected voices for pitch, decay, volume, etc. 



This may very well be my answer.  The manual made me think that I HAD 
to program these notes first, prior to assigning a voice.  This 
totally threw me for a loop!  If it's ok to just skip by that section 
and go right to voices, I can start to dig in!





An 
> elaborate module like the DTXT2S, however, also allows drummers to 
> make tonal music in addition to the thumping that normally gets 
> programmed via channel 10. You can create all sorts of patterns, 
> loops, phrases, songs, and chords on the internal tone generator to 
> play as the sampled instrument of your choice, when pads or keys 
are 
> struck, routing the commands along the channel of your choice.



Definately not for my project :-)  My primary goal is to trigger my 
acoustic set by finding similar voices in the module and maybe adding 
some chorusing or layering to thicken the sound.  My secondary goal, 
is to marry the pads from the DTXT2S into my acoustic kit for second 
snare, handclap and some other special needs sounds.  If I can do all 
this without getting into the whole 'notes' area, I will be 
thrilled :-)  Nothing wrong with notes, but I'm a tad long in the 
tooth to start a whole new learning curve :-)

Thank you so much for your guidance!

Vic