Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "keith1200rs" <keith@...> wrote:
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> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "CJ" <cgibsong002@> wrote:
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> > Hey, if anyone's still around, I'm in desperate need of help. All I want is to upload all these custom user kits to my DTxpress I. I have DTXchange and a midi-usb cable. I followed his instructions exactly, I think, but every time i try to send the kit, but my CPU and the DTXpress freezes.
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> I hope a more experienced MIDI person will chip in, but I will try my best!
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> The MIDI in & out connections can be confusing (to me anyway) so they may be connected incorrectly.  MIDI IN connects to MIDI OUT & vice versa.
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> You didn't say which module you have, but on the DTXpress I/II/III there is a switch on the back "host select".  Make sure it is switched to MIDI.
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> Try a bulk dump from the DTXpress first.  Click on "receive" in DTXchange and then do a bulk dump from the DTXpress & see if that works.  
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> There a various free MIDI monitor programs around which will show the data being sent and received.  If you use one of those you can check your midi is working and connected correctly by simply hitting pads, without using DTXchange.
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> Keith.
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Thanks a lot Keith! I've searched everywhere I can on the internet, so I've done most of the troubleshooting. I've got the leads hooked up right, the switch set to MIDI. I haven't tried a bulk dump though. Is that under utilities>bulk dump, then just hit enter on the module? And what other programs can I use to monitor the midi? I'd like to check if my cable is working, it's just a generic one.

DTXpress original by the way.

thanks for the help.