Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Tempdir:

I think my wife (who sitting beside me as I read your post) said it best:

"It's like he wants to export eggs and milk from a cake" :) (there's a
cakewalk pun in there somewhere but I'm too lazy to dig it out!)

In effect, the MIDI data records the *gestures* (drum strokes, guitar
finger motions, keyboard fingerings, mouth, breath and finger/arm
positions on wind instruments etc) that will then be used to operate the
instruments. The MP3 file contains the RESULT. There is no way to
"export" an MP3 file to MIDI short of listening to it and then composing
a new performance in a MIDI sequencer that replicates your interpretation
of the gestures that created the sound. :) Does this help shed some light
on the topic? :)

Also, it is possible in many cases to find repositories of contemporary
music as MIDI files online. Do some searches and see for yourself! :)

Vern
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tempdir said:
> Hi Ed
> Thanks for the info. I did some search key words but couldnt find  any
> posts related to the specific topic. Perhaps if we end up moving  our
> discussion list off of Yahoo, we can put in some more robust
> searching capabilities!
>
> I guess my next course of action will be taking an MP3 and
> converting it to MIDI and removing tracks that way. Ideally, Id like
> to convert it back again to MP3 so that I can play it through an MP3
> player I have hooked into the DTXpress. Unfortunately, my PC is
> located so far away from my drums that looking at a PC-DTXpress
> connection isnt really an option.
>
> I know that Cakewalk is a popular software. Do you happen to know if
> it can import from and export to mp3 format ?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"
> <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
>> Hi David,
>>
>> We were just talking about that recently on the board. Though
>> members have various methods of minimizing the distraction of
>> prerecorded drums when they play along with MP3s, CDs, et al., no
>> real method of removing embedded tracks is possible, short of
>> getting your hands on the master tapes used to create the final
>> mixdown and eliminating all of the tracks with drums on them. The
>> only ready to hand method that I can think of is to take some of
> the
>> early stereo recordings (the Beatles qualify sometimes), in which
>> the drums were panned all the way to the left or right channel,
> mute
>> that channel on your playback system, and play along with what's
>> left, maybe by panning the drums through the module to the muted
>> channel.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "tempdir" <tempdir@y...> wrote:
>> > Hi -
>> >
>> > Does anyone know of a preferrably inexpensive software that will
>> allow me to take an mp3 or wav file, remove the drum tracks and
>> then
>> > save it back again as a mp3 or wav? The full blown MIDI sofware
>> packages out there seem like overkill given I only want to
> remove
>> > drum tracks.
>> > Just wondering if anyone had any good solutions?
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time,
>> > David
>
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