Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "webc1958" <delcamroy@s...> wrote:
> After spending some time with the manuals I am unable to use my 2nd 
> DTXpressII brain (and kit) with my first DTXpressII brain (and 
kit).  
> I am attempting to hookup via midi, and all the posts I have 
searched 
> state it can be done but not 'how'.  Can someone post a link that 
> would explain this or perhaps explain it 'down and dirty'.  I have 
> limited experience with MIDI but I can read and comprehend the 
manual 
> and your messages.
> 
> Thanks very much
> D.

D. and Gord,

This may well be a case in which someone thinks that the only way to 
add a second module to a kit for more inputs is through MIDI. 
Actually, this method is redundant at best and, well, . . . wrong at 
worst. If you were to use a dedicated input to MIDI device, like 
Roland's TMC-6, you would indeed use a MIDI connection from the slave 
device to access MIDI note numbers on the DTXPress II module. But if 
you simply want the benefit of two drum modules, each with its own 
inputs, sounds, and audio outputs, what you need is an inexpensive 
mixer--on the order of the Rolls MX28 or one of the (dare I say it) 
Behringers, or others--which can accept audio output (not MIDI 
output) from both modules, collect them, and send them out yet again 
in a unified signal to headphones or amp. The mixer could also have 
the benefit of other line/mic inputs for other voices/instruments. 
With a little one for home use, all you'd probably need is one more 
stereo input for a CD player, or some other source, for you to 
practice with. Give us a call if you need further assistance with 
this method--assuming that it meets your needs.

Ed