Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "zapaxe" <a_zapelectric@h...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Anyone using TO HOST connection to a computer?...Using midi better? 
> Same?
> 
> I just started experimenting using midi with my Cubase based 
> computer DAW. 
> 
> My Aardvark Q10 audio card has a midi In/out & I'm now 
> plugging/unplugging my Keyboard & DTX when I want to record either 
> one with midi...
> 
> I just remembered the DTX has a TO HOST connection which if I'm 
> correct is similar/same to midi.
> 
> If I can use the TO HOST with the DTXpress to my Cubase computer, 
> then using my midi IN/OUT at my sound card, then I won't have to do 
> a switch.
> 
> Also if I'm correct the TO HOST is a TWO WAY connection with one 
> cord & with midi I need to used two cables. 
> But what I'm NOT understanding here is the concept of not using my 
> sound card as a way of connection to the DTXpress?
> 
> And also, where do I get this TO HOST connector/cable?
> 
> Clue me in here?

Steve,

Not too many people use "To Host." For one thing, MIDI isn't exactly 
rarefied air; most musicians have a soundcard or some other access to 
MIDI ports. Furthermore, the cable is notoriously hard to find. Most 
Yamaha dealers don't appear to carry it; maybe yours does, or can get 
it for you in a reasonable amount of time. If you do decide to 
exercise that option, the "To Host" driver is located in the Files 
section here. The other option is to connect a MIDI interface to USB 
and make all MIDI connections simultaneously. It will come with the 
appropriate driver.

Ed