Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Okay, let's try this. The page in the utility menu after Voice 
(5.1), where you set the numbers for your chosen sounds, is Volume, 
Pan (5.2), followed by other pages (5.3 to 5.6)that determine the 
characteristics of the note numbers set in 5-1. Remember that when 
you moved the song from its original kit to the pad of another kit, 
the voice characteristics associated with those numbers in the 
original kit cannot follow it, because they are now in an alien  
environment; the note numbers in the song are floating without 
parameters. These pages in the utility menu restore them. I'm hoping 
that the pad song is muted because the level of the individual 
voices is low or nonexistent. If you were trying to access voices 
outside of a particular chosen kit in the dtx from an external 
sequencer or MIDI device, these are the pages that you would use. 
The same should be true under these circumstances. Give it a try. 
I'm assuming that you haven't changed any of the settings that 
allowed pad song to work before.

By the way, do you have the DTXpress II? If so, did you do a factory 
reset before you did anything else? After weeks of agonizing about 
why certain basic MIDI functions didn't seem to be working with new 
modules, we discovered, with Yamaha's help, that out of the box, the 
DTXpess brain had a bug that prevented MIDI transmission over 
channel 10, and maybe other channels as well. The reset cured it. We 
can leave the reset as a last resort, or contact Yamaha, if we can't 
figure out what else to do. 


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "herondrums" <herondrums@y...> 
wrote:
> Ed,
> 
> I've tried what you suggested, I found blank notes in 120-127, 
When I 
> try to play back the song in another kit, the song light blinks 
like 
> its playing, but no sound comes through(the song does play in the 
> original kit).  I have channel 10 on and in vdrum(however, I am a 
> novice so I could be doing something wrong) so I feel like we're 
> closer, but not quiter there. Ideas, anyone?
> 
> Raven
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
> <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > Raven,
> > 
> > I hope you don't think that we're ignoring you. I'm actually 
> writing 
> > this in a rush. I'd venture a troubleshooting suggestion or two 
> now, 
> > but the truth is, I've forgotten the pad song function, and I'd 
> have 
> > to refresh my memory before I ventured anything that wouldn't 
send 
> > you off on a wildgoose chase. Hopefully, someone who's more 
current 
> > with it will emerge and help, but if not, I'll try to dig into 
it 
> > late tonight or tomorrow morning. Weekends are sometimes slow 
with 
> > this group, but replies usually start flying on Monday. 
> > 
> > Ed
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "herondrums" <herondrums@y...> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > > 
> > > I've scoured my DTX2 manual and the message boards, and can't 
> find 
> > > the answer to this.  I have recorded a pad song that uses 
congas 
> > and 
> > > other assorted percussion, however, when I switch to a 
different 
> > kit, 
> > > I lose the original sounds and only get the sounds that are 
> > assigned 
> > > to that kit. So I am getting playback of the song, but not 
with 
> > the 
> > > sounds I want(I'm not getting the piano sounds that others 
have 
> > had 
> > > trouble with, its just that my congas turn to toms or whatever 
is 
> > > assigned to that kit). Can I do what I'm trying to, or is it 
> > beyond 
> > > the capabilities of the DTX2?  I'm hoping the limitation is my 
> > brain 
> > > and not the DTX2's. I am a new owner, and love the set, but it 
is 
> > a 
> > > bit frustrating. Any help is really appreciated!
> > > 
> > > Raven