Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, mark.fletcher@a... wrote:
> 
> Hi There
> 
> As a recent purchaser of a second hand DTXpress III I have had 
great fun
> over the last couple of weeks re-introducing myself to the joys of 
playing
> the drums after a 12 year absence ! I currently have it set up to a 
Denon
> Midi System and Kef Subwoofer and am learning my way through the 
various
> tunes trying to increase the varieties of rhythms I can play.
> 
> My question is, what is a cheap and relatively simple way to record 
the
> output of my drumming, I would like to do this firstly so I can 
listen back
> and hear how many mistakes I make and where I make them ?

Hi Mark,

Congratulations on picking up the kit and welcome to the group. I 
assume that you don't want to use the DTXpress sequencer to record 
the drums along with a MIDI track. I'm also going to assume that you 
don't want to go the PC route with a sequencer/recording console, 
which can be a little complicated and a little expensive, depending 
on exactly what you want to do and how comfortable you are with 
computer devices. I'm not sure exactly what a Denon Midi system is, 
but it apparently doesn't entail what MIDI means to most of us here--
Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which would be sequencer 
territory. 

Cheap alternatives for audio recording will depend a little on 
exactly what you mean by "cheap." You could use a two-track tape deck 
or digital recorder to connect directly to the output of the module 
or to a mixer receiving its output along with a separate feed from, 
say, a CD player (is the Denon Midi system like a boom-box?). You 
might also consider one of the relatively inexpensive 4-track 
recorders from Fostex, Tascam, Yamaha, etc., which would give you 
more control over the sound and finesse your recordings. The cassette 
versions are the cheapest options, and if you'd be using it solely as 
a notebook to keep track of your progress, a used one would probably 
suffice, and allow a few more features. Ebay seems to have a ready 
supply of them. The digital ones sometimes give you the opportunity 
to master to disk right on-board, but that privilege obviously comes 
with a price.

If I've messed up, let me know.

Ed