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Re: Playing with PC - Midi

2003-12-01 by linkitout

Hm no, I wasn't clear.
I don't want to play any wav or mp3 from my pc, I only want to use 
data that come from midi to trigger drum sounds (ie. snare sound when 
I hit snare, crash, ride, and so on) on the pc..
I know that I cannot import any audio file on the DTX, so I want them 
play (by MIDI) on the pc.. 

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- 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

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