Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Scott,

Yes, I did have a PM-16 MIDIed into my DTX V2 module,
and it worked fine there.  I also tested it in my
DTXpress I, and it worked fine there too.  One thing
you need to consider, however, is that the xpress does
not save the notes other than what it uses for kits
(i.e. Pad1, Pad1rim, Pad2, etc.) in the user drum
kits.  Any other note assigments it keeps in the User
Drum Map (and there is only 1 per xpress), which means
that any sounds that you assign via MIDI notes are the
same through all of the user kits.  Does that make
sense?  

The DTX V2 does it a little differently, keeping track
of all of the MIDI notes within each user kit, it is
like each kit has its own drum map, if you get what
I'm driving at here.

This means that any MIDI device you want to use needs
to have the ability to store it's own various
settings, and you have to manage the MIDI note numbers
real closely to avoid stepping on ones already used.

As for the posts of late, they are only problems with
xpress II models, the originals work just fine.  If
you do get one and need a hand getting it going, just
let us know - we can almost do it in our sleep at this
point!

Walt

Walt
--- "hairytrigger <artifax@...>"
<artifax@...> wrote:
> Walt, I see in your pics that you have a pm-16. It
> looks as if you 
> have pads plugged into it, and then midi'ed to the
> DTXPress. Is this 
> correct? Do you save kit patches on the pm-16?
> I recently scored a pm-16 on ebay. I have not yet
> gotten it, but I 
> have the old Dtxpress, so I hope I don't have the
> trouble these other 
> poor folks are!! I was hoping to run all the pads
> thru the pm-16, 
> rather than just the extra ones(the ones past inputs
> 9/10). Is this a 
> good idea?
> Thanks....Scott
> 
> 


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