Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Oooh, did I misunderstand? The whole song, not just the percussion, 
isn't playing when you hit the pad? Check to make sure that none of  
your original settings have drifted; the new note numbers for drum 
voices shouldn't affect what's coming from the tone generator on 
other channels. I'm too sleepy to think straight anymore.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 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