Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
 > The way other Yamaha modules work is that if you are working with 
> untuned percussion voices, you don't change pitch by selecting 
notes 
> from a scale per se (say, middle "C") but via a numerical setting 
> that raises or lowers the voice by increments. So long as you're 
> working with drum/cymbal/percussion voices, the note number 
assigned 
> to them will not change regardless of how you tinker with the 
voice. 
> As I said, that's my take on it from previous experience. I don't 
> have the module itself with me, though I've read through the 
manual. 
> Drumsonly, Cheakster, and OGD should be able to confirm.
> 
> > Again, extrapolating from previous experience, when working with 
drum 
> voices, the module should give you a distinct option for stacking 
or 
> alternating voices, and you should be able to follow the thread of 
> steps easily enough without getting tangled up in extraneous music 
> theory. For instance, the DTXpress allows two voices to be stacked 
> via the voice menu; you don't assign MIDI notes to do so.
> 
> > Ed

CONFIRMED! ED!
 
I have done absolutely nothing with "midi--notes", etc., but am  
having a ball extending and altering the voices in all directions!!
This module offers incredible voice control, and , with the RED pad 
control BUTTON (which itself can be assigned several different 
parameters to control), you can do a final tweak 
of "tone", "volume", "tension" etc!
And YES! You can layer the pads. I have not done much with this yet, 
but have seen as many as 3 velocity layered voices in a pre-
programed snare.


(from Temp1111)
> but the manual is not very clear on this, as it seems to be 
> written for someone who already knows about midi notes, e-drums, 
> etc., as opposed to a lifetime acoustic player :-)
> 
You are right on!!
  The truth is..it's very simple! The sad thing is...you just have 
to figure it out to get to the simplicity! The manual will not start 
at step (a).... Once I stumble into something and work with it, I 
then go back to the manual and it makes a little more sense. I 
just "broke the code" on some really cool EFFECTS this 
weekend....WOW!...a whole new range of great sounds!It's endless! IT 
JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!
Enjoy!
Dan