Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi!

Well, after a night of frustrating trouble-shooting I decided to trade
in the uno for whatever else they might have available. I first
decided to see if I could get the yamaha ux but nobody had it.
Interestingly enough one place I called said they no longer carried
the m-audio uno because all the returns were getting too expensive for
them. Another guy at another store I called said the uno was hands
down the worst midi-to-usb cable you could get.

I ended up getting an edirol um-1ex instead. it was about the same
price. Plugged it in, turn on the dtxpress, and everything worked
perfectly.

So I guess it was the uno! What a piece of garbage! I will also vouch
for the edirol um1ex (so far). apparently the emu 1x1 one is also a
better alternative, but i don't have any personal experience with it.

thanks for letting me in on the uno's terrible secret - who knows how
long i might have fiddled around with it otherwise.

Thanks as well, Dave, for all your help. It's nice to have this thing
up and running!

-DS

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mrstark1@...> wrote:
>
> I can't say for sure in your case, but for me, all I did was plug in 
> the Yamaha one and it worked perfect. From what I understand, the 
> Yamaha adapter isn't that great in general, but it works great with 
> the DTX kits. Here is my post with specifics:
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/DTXpress/message/12522 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "selfcase" <selfcase@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mike,
> > 
> > Thanks for the input - so you think it's the Uno? That's really 
> > strange. What problems where you having with the Uno, exactly? 
> > Either way I'll look into the UX16 and see if any music stores here 
> > in Ottawa carry it.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > DS
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mrstark1@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I had very similiar problems with the USB Uno. It was driving me 
> > > crazy for weeks. Read some old posts on here and bought the 
> Yamaha 
> > > UX16 USB adapter from Musician's Friend, and it worked perfect 
> > right 
> > > out of the box. Midiwatch showed everything correctly that the 
> UNO 
> > > hadn't. Also, no more weird reboots and reloads of kits. Just my 
> > > experience, hate to see you spend $40 more bucks, but it's 
> > definitely 
> > > better than weeks of frustrations.
> > > 
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "selfcase" <selfcase@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hey Dave,
> > > > 
> > > > I'll give it a shot. I used the drivers that came with the uno, 
> > but 
> > > > I'll see if there's an update on the site. You didn't have to 
> > play 
> > > > around with any of the UT MIDI settings in the dtxpress, did 
> > you? 
> > > > Just plugged it in and started playing?
> > > > 
> > > > I'll check ASIO again, as well, but I think that's alright as 
> it 
> > > > works just fine for other midi devices. 
> > > > 
> > > > I'll give it a shot tonight. I'm hoping it's one of those 
> > problems 
> > > > where you reboot everything a few times and suddenly it all 
> > works. 
> > > > Such a weird problem! 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "dc" <carrda@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >  
> > > > >  Sounds really strange. I just tried  it in Cubase LE and all 
> > > > works fine
> > > > > for me. I'm thinking maybe a driver/ O.S. problem. Have you 
> > been 
> > > > to the
> > > > > m-audio site to update? I had a few problems when I bought my 
> > Uno 
> > > > over a
> > > > > year ago, and a driver update solved them all. Maybe do an 
> > Asio 
> > > > set-up
> > > > > again (I'm kinda guessin here) :-). 
> > > > >  
> > > > >  
> > > > > Dave
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>