Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Okay, Ron. Let's try this. On the Program Change, Bank Select page 
of the Song menu, you have the option of setting "V" to "meldy" 
or "drumV." Make sure that when you play back, you are in "drumV." 
Apparently, however, there's some drift, or at least there used to 
be in earlier versions of the module, so if after you leave that 
page or cycle off/on, it changes, set it back, but also try hitting 
the "plus" button on the module and come back yet again to "drumV." 
The setting, for some reason, used to need reminding of where it's 
supposed to be in order to stay there. Anyway, this method might 
restore the missing drums.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald Rael Harvest" 
<number6@c...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> > Ronald:
> > 
> > I had a couple of questions b4 I take a stab at answering this:
> > 
> > 1. Are the MID file in General MIDI format?
> 
> They sure are.  They use the correct instruments when playing on 
the
> OPL3 in my computer's sound card, and when playing on my Alesis
> QuadraSynth 6.1 with General MIDI mode turned on.
> 
> > 2. Are you recording program change data along with the note 
data?
> 
> Well, apparently I'm *not* recording them, and that's precisely 
what
> my question is.  *Why* am I not recording them?  If you could help 
me
> figure out where the setting is to make sure they get recorded, 
you'll
> have solved my problem.  I *do* have the DTX2 set to receive 
program
> changes in both screens of the utility mode that cover it...  (i.e.
> the screen that says "UT MIDI RECEIVE 10PC=on 10=on" and the screen
> that says "UT MIDI RECEIVE PC=on SySEx=on" are both set to receive
> program changes...)
> 
> And yet they aren't being recorded along with the song data.
> 
> Are there any other settings that need to be changed that I'm not
> aware of?
> 
> > It sounds like after you power-cycle the DTXpress mod, it 
defaults to GM
> > on Chan 1, Patch 1 (piano). 
> 
> The particular MIDI sequence I'm sending it doesn't actually use
> channel 1, but it's defaulting to piano on channels 2 through 7, 
which
> *are* used, and are supposed to be 34, 31, 31, 17, 19 and 64.  So
> you're basically right.
> 
> Your suggestion for adding a measure to the sequence that'll send 
the
> events is a little off base, though.  I'm not sure if you mean 
that I
> should create this measure on the computer before I send the MIDI 
file
> to the DTX2 or add it inside the DTX2 once it's already been
> transferred...  If you mean the first, it would be pointless 
because
> the MIDI file already contains program changes, and those program
> changes *are* being sent.  I know this because the sounds I hear
> through my headphones while they're plugged into the module's
> headphone jack and the recording is taking place correspond to the
> correct instruments.  (i.e. I don't hear all pianos during the
> recording.)  If you mean the second option, it's also a bit 
pointless,
> as adding this measure would be more work than going through and
> setting the beginning program for each channel of the song 
manually,
> which is what I'm doing right now.
> 
> What I'm looking for is a way to get the module to record the 
program
> changes which it very obviously is receiving correctly into the 
song
> area along with the actual notes it receives.
> 
> Thanks again for the help you've provided, though, you *do* seem 
to be
> the person so far who's come closest to understanding what I'm 
asking.
> 
> Ron Harvest