Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Vern,

If there is, I certainly haven't heard of it. One of the selling 
points of the two original Yamaha modules that represented upgrades 
from the DTXpress was better user interface, including a larger LCD 
screen. So you can bet that Yamaha wasn't about to shoot itself in 
the foot by making a computer-software counterpart to its menu 
system, thereby removing some of the rationale for spending more 
money on Yamaha hardware. Even offering it for all of the modules 
would have created further incentive for users to remain with the 
one that they had. Bu now that Yamaha is down to a single module, at 
least officially (who knows for how long), the time would seem to be 
right to request such software--unless some enterprising programmer 
with a lot of time to kill could do it. Vern, is this up your alley?

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> 
> After spending about 90 minutes editing my DTXPressII module, 
running
> through the menu's, adjusting... re-adjusting... getting lost... 
making
> changes to the *right* parameter but on the *wrong* item... grrr...
> 
> It occurred to me that the Drum Module itself *is* MIDI. (I know, 
duh!)
> AND I have seen software "control panels" for other MIDI 
instruments
> (i.e. Cakewalk's Studioware) that allow you to have all the 
settings on
> your computer screen at once, allowing you to tweek any and all
> parameters at random with your mouse/keyboard. If there were such a
> beastie, it would 1)speed the edit process, 2)bypass the little-
tiny LCD
> menu, 3)reduce wear and tear on the little buttons and lastly, 4) 
reduce
> wear and tear on operator patience! :)
> 
> So, to make a long story short (I know, too late! :) does anyone 
have a
> plugin/panel/program/studioware/suggestion for a program that 
brings all
> the DTXPressions controls into one on-screen interface? Maybe 
somthing
> for for Cakewalk or Sonar perhaps? :)
> 
> Vern
> 
> PS: Visit http://www.DTXPressions.com! :)
> 
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