Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "linkitout" <ddido@b...> wrote:
> Hi everyone :)
> I would like to ask a question to you experts.. sorry if someone 
> already asked it.
> I have a DTXpress 2 connected to PC by midi cable and I want to 
play 
> with some new sounds also created by me (I mean, wav files or 
> something like it).. what's the best way? Should I install 
something 
> like Cubase/Sonar or there are easier programs to do this?
> If I wasn't enough clear: I play DTX, my pc samples and I hear drum 
> sounds from pc speakers..

If you have wav files or mp3s that you can play on your PC, you can 
connect an audio cable from the output on your soundcard and run it 
into the aux input on the front of the module (MIDI is irrelevant in 
this case). Using the volume knobs nearby, and listening through 
headphones (see various recommendations for them on today's board) 
you can mix that feed with the kit and play along quite nicely. 
Trying to accomplish the same thing in reverse direction through your 
PC speakers wouldn't work well, but a proper amp/speaker combination 
connected to the output(s) of the DTXpress would. Headphones, 
however, are the more considerate option, and the most cost 
effective. Plus, the ability to create an airtight musical world 
through headphones is one of the most appealing advantages of 
edrums.  

Ed