Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks, OGD. I am much obliged. I'll spend some time following your 
instructions and see how I go.  A pity there isn't a DTXtreme 
version of the DTXpressions site, then we could post them there for 
other first-time DTXT users.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "oldguydrummer" <rdamon@m...> wrote:
> 
> Nick, 
> 
> Here goes nothing, it should be clear as mud when I finish, as I 
am 
> still trying to figure out why they did it this way.
> 
> When you go to the Voice menu, and you turn the first knob 
[Voice1] 
> counterclockwise until you see the lowest midi note number/name  
13C#-
> 1, the Type = Percs1; the Voice=SurdoM. 
> 
> As you scroll up through the midi note number/name list from 13C#-
1 
> (which is note number 13 and midi note C#-1) up to note 
number/name 
> of 94A#5 (which is note number 94 and mide note A#5) that a 
different 
> instrument group and voice number is assigned to each mide note.
> 
> There are a total of 82 assignable note numbers 13 through 94 (C#-
1 
> to A#5) for this module. The note numbers 0-12 and 95-127 cannot 
be 
> used for pad voices, but only for mide control events [see page 
42,3-
> Note#, under Settings, *note number].
> 
> The module comes with these notes already preset so they can be 
used 
> with the factory preset drum kits. So if you only what to use the 
> factory drum kits and just do some minor tweaking of the voice, 
you 
> can just change it here, and that is as far as you need to go. 
Just 
> remember, if you change an assignment to a midi note here that has 
a 
> asterick beside it, it will change the midi note/name for all the 
> kits that use that midi note number. 
> 
> For the more adventure-some, multiple voices layered per pad:
> 
> Start by going to the Trigger menu item [TrgMIDI1].
> 
> For each Input 1-16 (pads), 1R1-8R2 (rims), that you want to setup 
> with more than one voice make sure that the second item on the 
menu 
> is set to "Stack".
> 
> Now go to the Trigger menu item [TrgMIDI2].
> 
> The first item is the trigger Input source 1-16 or rims.
> 
> The second item is the Note number, 1st,2nd,3rd,4th, etc.
> 
> For pads you can stack 6 notes or 9 alternate mode notes.
> For the Hihat you can stack 5 notes.
> For the rims you can stack 2 notes.
> 
> The second knob scrolls down through the note 1st, 2nd, 3rd...6th, 
> etc. This is similar to the layer number on the Dtxpress module, 
> except you have more than 2 layers.
> 
> The third item is the actual midi number/name (13C#-1) that you 
> assign to each "Note" or "layer". So for example, if you set "Note 
> 1st" to equal 13C#-1 and "Note 2nd" to equal 14D-1, you will 
> have "Layer" 1 set to play "Percs1/SurdoM1" and "Layer" 2 set to 
> play "Percs1/Surdo". 
> 
> And that's really all there is to it. In the Trigger menu you tell 
> the module how many and what midi notes you want it to play for 
each 
> trigger input 1-16 and rims. You then go to the Voice menu and 
assign 
> the actual sounds to the midi notes that you are using.
> 
> Example:
> 
> Setting up the snare pad to have three layered voices.
> 
> First check to see which midi number/names are not being used in 
the 
> Voice menu. They are the ones that do not have a * beside the note 
> number. In this case we are going to use the following three midi 
> note numbers and assign them the following Type/Voices:
> 
> [Voice1] TYPE    VOICE
> 13C#-1   AcSnr1  St.Smith1  (this will be layer 1 voice) 
> 14D-1    AcSnr1  St.Smith2  (this will be layer 2 voice)
> 15D#-1   AcSnr1  St.Snare   (this will be layer 3 voice)
> 
> Now go to the Trigger Menu [TrgMIDI2]
> 
> For the first item select "Input=1", which is the snare pad.
> For the second item select "Note = 1st", which is the first 
layered 
> note.
> For the third item select "Note# = 13C#-1"
> 
> Now set the second item to "Note = 2nd", which is the second 
layered 
> note and set the third item to "Note# = 14D-1"
> 
> Now set the second item to "Note = 3rd", which is the third 
layered 
> voice and set the third item to "Note# = 15D#-1".
> 
> Then save it to a user kit and your done. You can now go through 
and 
> adjust the volume and crossfading in a similar fashion to the 
> Dtxpress module, except this is done in the Trigger menu instead 
of 
> the Voice menu.
> 
> Hope that helps you get started.
> 
> OGD
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Cheers, and thanks OGD. I really do need a hand to decipher the 
> > handbook instructions, which I must have skipped over several 
times.
> >