Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, rdamon@m... wrote:

> Couldn't the rudiments be "recorded" to a user song in the 
DtxpressII and
> then one could just play along to it? If it was in a Midi format, 
then you
> could at least adjust the tempo, right? I don't know how the groove 
check
> would fit in though. Just a thought as I was walking out the door. 
Any
> thoughts?

I must confess to never having used the metronome or groove check 
functions on the DTXpress (having played drums for 40 years or so 
should entitle someone to at least the illusion of decent 
timekeeping). But if someone actually went to the trouble of 
recording MIDI rudiments to a sequencer in time, via pads or a drum 
machine, for eventual placement on a DTXpress, the groove check could 
serve as way to assess progress in playing them for speed. As a 
proponent of "emotional" timekeeping myself when it comes to actual 
music (while still realizing the importance of learning to keep good 
time), I could certainly see how a groove check for rudiments would 
be a great learning tool. 

OGD, you should consider writing your idea up as a tip on 
DTXpressions. Now, Who's a good rudimentary technician with a 
sequencer handy, willing to lay down the MIDI? My sequencer and kit 
are worlds apart for the time being, and all my playing/mixing/ 
recording (such as they are) take place on separate analog devices, 
though I suppose I could resurrect my old Roland 505 and drag it up 
and down the stairs. God, I don't even remember how that thing works 
anymore. Any marching-band MIDI aficionados out there?

Ed