Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Yep, it us the whole song that is not playing, and yep, all my volume 
levels are up.  I have done a factory reset, and it is a DTX2. When I 
look at the new settings for the note numbers it comes up "(drumkit 
data)", so it must be assigning those numbers only for the original 
kit. I'm starting to think this cannot be done (but I'm still 
hoping)... I'm curious, this seems like something a drummer would buy 
an electronic kit for, is to have layers of percussion available, or 
do I just think that way because I was a conga/percussion player for 
ten years before I picked up the set?  Do other electronic kits have 
this feature available?  Hmmm.

Raven

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