Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "zapaxe" <a_zapelectric@h...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am I missing something here?...Is this TO HOST cable a Two-Way midi 
> communication? Or does it need to be used in conjunction with 
> regular midi cables. If you read the manual, there's the "hint" 
that 
> is a bit confusing...
> 
> I got a CCIBM-PC TO HOST cable to go from my DTXpress I module to 
my 
> computer COM 1 (D-SUB 9) port.
> 
> Got the drivers installed. I finally got it to record midi 
> information to my Cubase program. Problem is, no matter what I do, 
I 
> can't get it to play back the midi I just recorded with the TO HOST 
> cable!!!
> 
> Just for fun, I hooked my "regular" midi cable from my Aardvark 
> sound card to midi in to DTXpress...Of course the midi played back 
> then!...?
> 
> And I did set the DTXpress to PC-2 as directed.

You appear to be missing something--what I don't know. The host 
option is a substitute for MIDI in/out; otherwise it's worthless. Are 
you sure that Cubase is set correctly to send to the DTXpress through 
the serial port?