Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "rph171167" <rph171167@n...> wrote:
> I seem to be missing something. I am using midi in\out going to SB 
Live! games (yellow) port. All I want to do is play the DTXpress 
through the soundcard/speakers. My MIDI volume is not mute. I have 
used the dtxpressions guide and have successfully transmitted patch 
data from the dtxpress using SysEx which implies that things are 
properly connected. I am managing to play midi files using quartz 
audiomaster freeware but I am using a speaker-out to DTX line-in 
method which I hoped I could bypass using the midi cable. 

Rich,

Gordon hit the nail on the head. A MIDI connection from the DTXpress 
to your sound card will not make any noise through your computer 
speakers. If you were sending out MIDI commands to access the GM 
sounds on your sound card or to lay down MIDI tracks in a sequencer, 
however, that would be the right connection. All you need to do to 
hear the DTXPress is to take the audio (not MIDI) feed from the back 
of the DTXpress and run it to the audio (not MIDI) input on your 
sound card. You may need a 1/4" to 1/8" adaptor at the computer end 
for your interconnect, whether you use a stereo splitter or simply go 
mono. Be forewarned that you will not hear the DTXpress at anything 
like its best. It needs a lot more power, frequency response, and 
dynamic range than computer speakers and amplification can generate.

Ed