Hello Ed,
Thanks for the suggestions. I went to the Roland site to
read up on the TMC-6, and it looks like it was specifically designed for the
Roland pads. Since Yamaha and Roland pads operate a little differently,
will it work just as well? And is it fairly easy to program?
Chris
----- Original Message -----From: emfSent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:10 PMSubject: [DTXpress] Re: MIDI Control--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "militantdrummer2003"
<lewishome@s...> wrote:
> Hey there! I would like to add a pad to my kit specifically for
> INCREASE KIT NUMBER, and one for DECREASE KIT NUMBER, but I'm max'd
> out of trigger inputs. Is it possible to buy some sort of MIDI box
> which will accept 2 1/4" plugs from my pads, and hooks directly up
to
> my DTXpress' MIDI input? This may be a silly question - MIDI is
> obviously a big mystery to me.
You can buy an external MIDI device that will do any number of things
for you, including transmission of the kind of program change that
you're looking for. If I were going to spend that kind of money to
supplement an e-drum module, however, I'd get a MIDI trigger device
like Roland's TMC-6, which would allow you to add six triggers to the
DTXpress module. Then you could devote pads on the DTXpress to
increment and decrement as you please while also expanding the size
of your kit (you're aware that any pad set to increase the current
kit number by one when hit can be set to decrease the resulting kit
number by one as well). If you have no other MIDI needs besides
program change, including no need for extra inputs, you could look
into the Rolls MP128, a footswitch devoted mainly to sending MIDI
program changes. Like most of Rolls products (God bless'em), the MIDI
Buddy comes in under $100.
Ed
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