Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, distortion@r... wrote:
> > 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. 
> > 
> > And THAT would use MIDI...  you contradicted yourself...  This 
> would 
> > also run the possiblility of having the DTX polyphony run out, 
> depending 
> > on the voice structure of the kit being played.
> 
> Gord.
> 
> I was making the distinction between a purely MIDI-connected device-
- 
> like the TMC-6, the Kat MIDIKITI, the Roland PM-16 et al.--which 
has 
> no sounds of its own, and a second sound module, of the DTXpress  
> sort, which does not need to access its sounds through a MIDI 
> connection. The DTXpress does have limited MIDI note numbers for 
the 
> purpose of a MIDI slave device used in conjunction with the 
DTXpress 
> itself, but many of us (including me, for years) have used such a 
> device to good effect for as many as six or more inputs. I fail to 
> see the self-contradiction (unless I were saying that the only way 
to 
> add inputs is via MIDI, and I'm not).
> 
> > > 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 
> > 
> > 
> > But we don't know what D. wants, as we can't tell from the 
> question. 
> > Offering all these solutions without truly knowing what D. wants 
> could 
> > just serve to confuse the issue.
> > The problem with tech questions is that we sometimes want to dive 
> into a 
> > solution without first totally identifying the TRUE needs, always 
> needs 
> > more WHYs to clarify and diagnose, then solve.
> > 
> > Reminds me of the story of a guy that bought a computer system 
from 
> an 
> > online retailer... he got it all shipped, and then complained 
that 
> it 
> > was all in pieces.. but he never did order a pre-built 
computer... 
> just 
> > the parts... he never explained his needs, and the retailer never 
> > asked... a buddy just told him what components to get... he got 
> what he 
> > ordered, but not what he wanted.
> 
> True, we don't know for sure, and all of us are capable of being 
> wrong, misinformed, and unclear about many things. But we've seen 
> this situation come up a lot over the years on this board. 
Hazarding 
> an informed guess at this point won't ruin anyone's day; nothing is 
> etched in stone. And if this is indeed what D was trying to do all 
> along, we may have skipped everyone an extra step or two.
> 
> Ed

Thank you for your feedback, I will clarify:  I have two full kits, 
with brains, now.  I just want a bigger kit. I was under the 
impression that you could connect one brain via midi  to the other 
and monitor the entire kit from the 'last' brain (ie. brain 2)... I 
suspectfrom reading some of the replies that it is ridiculously 
difficult to attempt and that the inexpensive 4-6 channel mixer would 
be the best option, yes?
Sorry for any confusion, but if there is a way to hook them up via 
midi for this type of monitoring (function)great (I just don't know 
how and the manual doesn't state it explicitly.  

Thanks again!
D.