Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:

Thanx a lot emf! (btw is EMF that band of the 90's??)
Anyway, I definetely got the "logic" of the midi setup.
Now it's also time to learn how to play drums!! :)
(I'm starting now at 31 years old!)


> Hi Mirko,
> 
> Welcome to the group. If you want your sequencer to play DTX 
sounds, 
> you have to program it with DTX MIDI note numbers (or actually hit 
> the pads) via MIDI OUT from DTX to MIDI IN to your PC/Cubase and 
play 
> them back through the DTX module's tone generator via MIDI OUT from 
> your PC and IN to DTX. If you want to hear what you've programmed, 
> you have to play it through the DTX audio outs, either speakers or 
> headphones. Because nothing on your PC can generate DTX drum tones, 
> you can't hear them unless the DTXpress actually plays them; the 
DTX 
> drumkit note numbers will not produce what you intended if played 
> back through Battery or any other MIDI program. Playback isn't a 
> function of MIDI, only of audio. You can, however, assign each MIDI 
> drum note to its own channel (1-16) in the DTX menu system, even if 
> you listen to all of the notes together as stereo audio. After 
you've 
> recorded your DTX drums to Cubase with the appropriate note 
numbers, 
> you can edit the results to your heart's content on Cubase.
> 
> I've assumed so far that you're recording specific kits on Cubase 
for 
> playback on the DTX.  But you can also use the DTXpress as a pure 
> tone generator to access General MIDI (GM) sounds (everthing from 
> basoon to xylophone), including drums, so that you can play back a 
> wide range of sequenced notes through the DTXpress tone generator. 
> The MIDI note numbers for General MIDI purposes are at the back of 
> the DTXpress manual somewhere. Using this function requires special 
> set up. Consult the manual and/or dtxpressions.com, or search the 
> group archives for information about how to access the GM sounds.
> 
> Ed