Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jjcorley0000" <jjc@s...> wrote:
> 
>     Excellent information!  I have a few comments/questions:
> 
>     1. System Dump size
>     - Adding up the param sizes you are correct, 203.  It seems 
wrong 
> in all of the DTXpressI/II/II SysEx specs.  (The DTXtreme spec 
> doesn't list the size of the system block and thus escapes 
criticism.)

When you do a dump request on the DTXpress II you get 223 bytes 
rather than the 222 the spec suggests.

> 
>     2. Drum Kit name
>     - Are you sure you aren't also counting the preceding index 
> number and object number from the dump?  Or are there 4 dead bytes 
in 
> the format? This should be easy to test as the volume byte is 
right 
> after it and the kit (object) number is right before.  If true, 
its 
> wrong in at least the I/II/II specs and perhaps the Extreme spec 
> too.  This depends on if the name is truly that long or if there 
are 
> just 4 dead bytes in the format.



Drum kit names can be up to 12 characters long in the DTXpress II - 
were they only 8 in earlier models?  Once again, a dump request 
returns 1090 bytes rather than the 1086 the spec suggests.

Peter