Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "parebele" <parebele@y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> hi. i've hooked up the dtxpress II module to my malletKAT and i can 
only get the GM midi 
> sounds out of it. i want to play the pad sounds on the kat. i've 
tried changing midi 
> channels, midi note #'s (c1-c5), pc's, etc. but to no avail. my 
patience has worn thin and 
> i'm in danger of hooking my PTX8 back up!!! i hope you can help. 

Parabele,
 
Sorry that you've been waiting so long. I don't have any experience 
with a malletKat, though I have connected other KAT MIDI devices to a 
Yamaha module. Basically, what you have to do is find free MIDI notes 
on the DTXpress, attach these MIDI notes to a Yamaha voice, and enter 
these new MIDI note numbers on the KAT as necessary. The note 
selection process on the DTXpress takes place in the Utility Mode, 5. 
Map Group, 5.1 Voice. You have to scroll through the numbers in 5.1 
until you find a block of open ones and then assign DTXPress voices 
to them, one by one, for use with the KAT. The DTXpress doesn't have 
a wealth of free notes but usually enough for most purposes. This 
process detaches voices from automatic assignment to MIDI notes by 
input within each kit. After you've matched numbers to voices, you 
can also set other MIDI parameters for them in 5.2, etc. But if you 
don't circumvent the DTXpress default mapping, the voices that you 
hear will bear no relation to what you expected. But you noticed that 
already.

Ed