Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bparker0701" <bparker0701@y...> 
wrote:
> My computer is my bedroom, and my drums are in the basement.  I 
have 
> an ethernet network that "hubs/switches" in the basement.  It would 
> be about 20 feet of cable to run directly between them.  Is that 
> distance OK?  Is there an ethernet or wireless setup that might 
suit 
> me better?  I know there's USB-2-MIDI interfaces.  I also know that 
> there's wireless USB.  I know that I'll be doing some running back 
> and forth for loading and unloading, but don't have another 
computer 
> at the moment to put down there.

I feel your pain. I've agonized over a similar situation. I'll let 
someone with more computer savvy answer about the wired and wireless 
options, but I seem to recall that MIDI connections are okay up to 
about 50 ft., which would leave you well within range, if not exactly 
within striking distance.