Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "William" <buoymaster@c...> wrote:
> Ok guys,
> Need a quick response here..LOL!!
> I recently had my Cuz down here from Pa and he introduced my to 
Tony 
> V. (not in the flesh) I am totaly blown away by his stuff. 
> 
> I'm looking at using my DTX with my Yamaha kit and sampling some 
> stuff for our band. Heres my question....
> 
> I have a KOrg D1600 (Im posting about this there too), If I was to 
> create a sound on the Korg can I import it to the DTX and assign it 
> to pads? (The Korg has a connection) Is all I need a cable? 
> 
> I'll have more questions after this.
> Thanks!


Hi Wm,

As a portable digital recorder, the Korg can store sounds and export 
them to any other recorder, sampler, or sequencer. Unfortunately, the 
DTXpress module doesn't qualify under any of those headings. It 
cannot download external samples and play them back. The only drum 
modules on the market today that do--to any degree--are the ddrum4 
and the Alesis DM Pro. The new wave of hi end modules from Roland, 
Yamaha, and ddrum, however, will be more sampler-based. 

If you wanted to access sounds on the Korg to play via the DTXpress 
pads, you'd have to transfer them into a MIDI-compatible component--
either PC-based or stand-alone--so that you could use the DTXpress 
module as a MIDI conduit (with its own sounds disabled) between the 
pads and the samples. From what I understand, the Korg has MIDI 
connections for recording purposes, as well as to link units together 
to create up to 48 tracks. I don't know whether it has the kind of 
MIDI capability that would allow the DTXpress module to access  
sounds directly from the pads. 

Ed