Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Oh Baby, what color hair do you have?
--- "underneathheaven <realvast@...>"
<realvast@...> wrote:
> Thanks a bunch!!  This other girl wanted to be my
> valentine but she 
> doesn't know crap about the pm16 so I guess you can
> take her 
> place! :) (hehe, just kidding!)
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Walt <wgardus@y...>
> wrote:
> > Hi UNH,
> > 
> > First, let's get physical.  You need a MIDI cable
> to
> > connect the MIDI out port on the pm16 to MIDI in
> port
> > on the xpress.  Also, make sure the 3 position
> slider
> > switch on the back of the xpress is in the MIDI
> > position.  So far so good?
> > 
> > Next, you need to go into the Drum Map on the
> xpress,
> > and find the first available MIDI note number.  
> The
> > drum map is accessed via the Utility menu.  You
> must
> > have a user defined kit selected to muck with the
> map.
> >  The map is almost the same set of screens as you
> are
> > used to seeing in the Voice Menu.  Page towards
> the
> > end of the Utility menu until you see the first
> page
> > that has MAP on the top line.  On that page one of
> the
> > parameters is N= .  The N here stands for MIDI
> Note
> > Number.  Move the cursor to that parameter, and
> then
> > start incrementing the MIDI Note Number until you
> find
> > one that has a sound assigned to it.  You need to
> > avoid MIDI Note Numbers that say Reserved, Not
> Avail
> > or anything else like that.  Usually the first
> > available note number will be around 15.  Make a
> > mental note of that MIDI Note Number, as we'll
> need it
> > in a few minutes when we go back to the pm16.  
> > 
> > Now, without changing that Midi Note Number on the
> > xpress, move your cursor down to the bottom line
> of
> > the display, and select the category of the sound
> you
> > want to use (tom, snare, etc), and then, the
> specific
> > sound.  If you page forward from this page, you
> will
> > see the same screens that you are used to in the
> Voice
> > menu, so you can set the volume, balance and other
> > characteristics of this sound.  If you need to
> define
> > or change another MIDI Note Number, you have to
> back
> > up to that first Map page again, and change the N=
> to
> > the next MIDI Note Number you want to work with.
> > 
> > Now back on the PM16 go into Advanced Edit mode
> and
> > select the input number that you have your pad
> plugged
> > into, and them page forward to the MIDI Note
> Number
> > page for that input, and change the MIDI Note
> Number
> > to the one I told you to remember a minute ago.
> > 
> > If you've done this properly, what will happen is
> when
> > you hit a pad connected to the pm16, the pm16 will
> > send a MIDI message to the xpress, telling it to
> play
> > a specific MIDI Note Number.  The xpress, when it
> > receives the message, will look at the Drum Map to
> see
> > what sound is assigned to that MIDI Note Number,
> and
> > tell the Tone Generators to make that noise.  
> > 
> > Simple as circumsizing a whale, which by the way
> takes
> > four skin divers to do.
> > 
> > Walt 
> > --- "underneathheaven <realvast@s...>"
> > <realvast@s...> wrote:
> > > Alright guys, I just got another pcy65 and I
> don't
> > > know how to make 
> > > it work with my roland pm16.  I havent even read
> the
> > > instruction 
> > > book but steve said it didn't really say
> anything
> > > about it.  First 
> > > of all, how do you connect the pm16 to your
> module? 
> > > Second, any 
> > > tips on how to go about fixing up a cymbal
> connected
> > > the to the pm16 
> > > would be helpful!  Even if you've worked with
> other
> > > expansion 
> > > accessories, I would appreciate the wisdom!! 
> ANY
> > > help is welcome!!  
> > > Thank you!!
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
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> 
> 


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