Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

well, i'll be working in ProTools on a mac. i can record audio and midi.

the plan is roughly this:

RECORD the MIDI
MIDI TRACK 1 = Kick
MIDI TRACK 2 = Snare
MIDI TRACK 3 = HH
MIDI TRACK 4 = Toms
MIDI TRACK 5 = Cymbals

HAVE the recorded MIDI trigger the DTXpress or some SAMPLED DRUMS
Record the AUDIO tracks one pass at a time

AUDIO TRACK 6 = Kick
AUDIO TRACK 7 = Snare
AUDIO TRACK 8 = HH
AUDIO TRACK 9 = Toms
AUDIO TRACK10 = Cymbals

this way i can isolate and custom EQ the Kick, Snare, and HH while custom 
panning the Toms, and adding some special Reverb wash to the Cymbals.











--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nigel Kirkby" <nigel@i...> wrote:
> What you are trying to achieve is having each drum sound (or groups 
> of sounds) on different audio tracks. This is very different from 
> assigning a different MIDI channel to each sound.
> 
> MIDI channels do not convey any actual sound - only information such 
> as what note was played, how hard it was played, how long the 
> duration was etc..
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> I'm not sure how many audio outputs the dtxpress module has (I 
> presume 2 for stereo) but if you were to record your performance into 
> a sequencer and then mute various sounds at playback time, you could 
> eventually build up a multitrack audio performance with each of the 
> sounds on different audio channels as you desire. You would need an 
> external recording device, either analog or digital to accomplish 
> this.
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> Hope this isn't too confusing.
> 
> Nigel
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> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "gollywillickers" 
> <gollywillickers@y...> wrote:
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> > i would like to have control over each drum in the kit so i can 
> > tweak panning, effects, EQ, etc.
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> > i might end up doing it in groups like:
> > cymbals on one track
> > toms on one track
> > kick snare and HH each get a track of their own.
> > 
> > that's what i'm thinking.
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> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jjcorley0000" <jjc@s...> 
> > wrote:
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "gollywillickers" 
> > > <gollywillickers@y...> wrote:
> > > > anyone doing this ?
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> > > DTXpressII?
> > > 
> > > Check Page 18 of the Reference Guide.  Section 1-7.
> > > You can in fact set a different channel for each Voice.
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> > > Any reason to do this over just having different MIDI notes on 
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> > > same channel?
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> > > Also note that with 25 possible inputs and one or two voices 
> > each you 
> > > will run out of MIDI channels (16) quick.