Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "djxeode" <djxeode@y...> wrote:
> Just found this invaluable information rescource looking on the
> internet had no idea there would be a website dedicated to my new 
drumkit!
> 
> The reason i was looking on the internet in the first place if for
> information about the kit, the following is the message I posted on
> the dtxpressions site.
> 
> Simple question that I cant seem to find an answer to anywhere! is
> there a simple cable i can get that will plug the DTXIII (from the 5
> pin miniDIN I assume) to a USB or do I need to get a MIDI interface
> for my PC?
> 
> Alot of new hardware is increasingly comeing USB enabled and can be
> used via USB or MIDI and I was wondering if the DTXIII is one of 
them.
> Thanks alot in advance as im hoping i wont have to buy a midi 
interface!

You should be able to use Yamaha's UX16 interface, which has MIDI 
in/out feeds on one end and a USB feed on the other ($50). Yamaha 
also has the UX96 interface, which, I believe, offers both a To Host 
connection and MIDI in/out docks on one side and the USB connection 
on the other ($80) (you'd have to supply your own cables). If you 
can'f find either of those, you could always buy a cheap MIDIman USB 
interface.

Ed