Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ronald:

I had a couple of questions b4 I take a stab at answering this:

1. Are the MID file in General MIDI format?
2. Are you recording program change data along with the note data?

It sounds like after you power-cycle the DTXpress mod, it defaults to GM
on Chan 1, Patch 1 (piano). If this is the case, you could try creating a
single measure in your computer sequencer that sends all the correct
program changes. Pre-pend this to the .MID file and make sure the
DTXpress sequencer is recording program changes. This measure could also
include a four quarter-note click to help get u ready to play.

As I haven't used the on-board sequencer (I have a MP3 player plugged in
for my play along stuff) I unfortunately don't have any better
suggestions, however the group is usually very helpful and the response
times will astound you! :) Good luck, and welcome!

Vern

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Ronald Rael Harvest said:
>
> Hiya!
>
> Wow, a prompt and friendly response.  I think I'm going to like *this*
> group.  :)
>
> By "complete factory reset" do you mean I should trigger the "Factory
> reset" function under utilities?  If so, I've done that several times
> before I ever tried downloading MIDI sequences into it.  At one point I
> thought the module had somehow gotten completely muted and couldn't
> figure out how to unmute it, so I did a factory reset...  Turns out I
> had the little volume control knob on my new headphones turned way
> down.
>
> And the MIDI function is actually working alright.  I've got a .syx
> file of my customized drum kit generated already and I regularly send
> it .mid files to play along with.  I'm just trying to actually
> transfer a .mid file into the user song area, so I can play along with
> it even when the computer isn't connected.
>
> And it's not getting the PC's.
>
> Also, another thing I've noticed is that when I do a bulk dump over
> MIDI, the file always ends up a different size.  Even though I've
> changed the MIDI package delay to the maximum value of 300 msec.  At
> first I assumed the biggest dump was the one most likely to be
> correct, but then I tried sending it back to the kit and got an error
> message that said something like "MIDI buffer full."  So apparently
> some of them have junk in them.
>
> Is it possible this is happening because the cable I'm using actually
> goes from the DTxpress II's out port to my Alesis QuadraSynth 6.1's
> MIDI in port?  (Then from the QS6.1's THRU port to the computer, which
> is supposed to carry on the signals from the in port in a completely
> unmodified manner...)
>
> Anyway, any further help you could offer with either of these topics
> would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks again.  :)
>
> Ron Harvest
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"
> <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>> Welcome. What we've found from painful experience pver the past two
>> months and, finally, a little help from Yamaha is that the DTXIIPU
>> module is in desperate need of a complete factory reset right out of
>> the box to get the external MIDI function to work properly, even if
>> you haven't so much as changed a single setting. Give the reset a
>> try, and if that doesn't do the trick, post again, and let the
>> troubleshooting begin.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald Rael Harvest"
>> <number6@c...> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I just got a DTxpress II over the weekend and have been playing
>> with
>> > it nonstop ever since.
>> >
>> > I'm trying to transfer some General MIDI files I have on my hard
>> drive
>> > into the module's user song areas.  For some reason, even though
>> the
>> > MIDI sequence seems to get through to the module just fine (it
>> sounds
>> > great when it's playing), once I turn the module off, turn it back
>> on
>> > and try to play back the sequence, it plays without program
>> changes.
>> > (i.e. all the channels use a piano sound.)
>> >
>> > If I go through and specifically assign the right programs to each
>> channel through the module's UI, it goes back to sounding just
>> like it
>> > did when I was recording the sequence into the module.
>> >
>> > I've made sure that the channel 10 PC receive is turned on under
>> utilities, but it still does this -- lose the PC data once power is
>> cycled.
>> >
>> > Anyone have any clue how to get this fixed?  Having to set all the
>> programs manually is quite annoying.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Ron Harvest
>
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