Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanx & Thanx Again...  I just remembered I have a joystick 
controller connection in the front of my computer...  Looks like all 
I may need is a MIDI adaptor & the MIDI cord...  I hope they have 
them at Frys, thats where I'm headed right after work...

Thanx Again...
Dennis......


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis" <clskrockdrummr@y...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > Hey OGD...  Thanx a million...  I checked out the sister site and 
> am 
> > totaly excited...  I have a couple more questions and they're 
> > probably going to make some of you laugh...  I can't tell if my 
> > computer has a MIDI connection...  I looked at the back of it 
last 
> > night and the only connections for sound are the 1/8" mic, 
speakers 
> & 
> > headphone jacks...  There is an empty connection label "seriel"  
My 
> > son told me that my sound card is built into the motherboard on 
my 
> > computer... If the serial port will not work for the MIDI 
> connection 
> > do any of you guys know if I can add another sound card to my 
> > computer with a MIDI connection...  I do have an available 
slot... 
> I 
> > just don't know if it would work with an existing sound card...
> > 
> > Once again I appreciate your time...
> 
> Dennis,
> 
> You don't appear to have a MIDI connection. The soundcard, usually 
of 
> the Soundblaster variety, would have a multi-pin joystick 
connection 
> to which you could connect a MIDI adaptor, easily found at any 
local 
> computer store or online music store. Many computers, like Dells, 
> that have sound capability built into the motherboard disable it 
> automatically when you insert a dedicated card. Alternatively, if 
you 
> have a USB port, you can get a Midiman Midisport or a Yamaha UX 
Midi 
> cable to do the job.
> 
> Ed