Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, distortion@r... wrote:
> Ed,
> MIDI track then created went into a track that was assigned to the 
> Yamaha sampler that was loaded with various punch sounds, velocity 
> varied the pitch and gave a unique sound to some of the hits.. I 
didn't 
> want the old Kung-Fu sound of every punch and kick to sound the 
same.
> I give the editor a CD with the timecoded AIF files for insertion 
into 
> the edit. I also give them the individual samples used to construct 
the 
> scene, just in case they need it.. sometimes edits change from when 
I 
> saw it... I found it easier to do that after a director called me 
up 
> looking for a flag sound I created, six months after I did my 
work... he 
> needed it for a trailer edit.
> 
> I do more sound effect design and music programming than anything 
else 
> right now... but some nasty problems has set me back sumthin' 
fierce 
> this year... lightning strike... construction delays... chronic 
> tendonitis.. to name a few...

Gord,

Interesting to find out--and not just a little sad--to learn that 
sound design editors suffer from some of the same debilitating 
contingencies that drummers do, i.e., tendonitis. Also interesting, 
maybe a little obvious on reflection, is the fact that sound design 
editors, like drum module programmers and designers, ultimately rely 
on velocity effects to make their sonic schemes more realistic. Who 
would have thought that film sound and e-drumming have so much in 
common. What a world. I hope that you're not too far away from 
complete recovery. Don't forget to use that surge protector. This is 
definitely a topic that I'd like to investigate some more. Maybe 
we'll have to rely on your downtime.

Best,
Ed