Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I'd recommend recording the toms and cymbals in stereo - the others 
should be fine in mono.


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "gollywillickers" 
<gollywillickers@y...> wrote:
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> well, i'll be working in ProTools on a mac. i can record audio and 
midi.
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> the plan is roughly this:
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> RECORD the MIDI
> MIDI TRACK 1 = Kick
> MIDI TRACK 2 = Snare
> MIDI TRACK 3 = HH
> MIDI TRACK 4 = Toms
> MIDI TRACK 5 = Cymbals
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> HAVE the recorded MIDI trigger the DTXpress or some SAMPLED DRUMS
> Record the AUDIO tracks one pass at a time
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> AUDIO TRACK 6 = Kick
> AUDIO TRACK 7 = Snare
> AUDIO TRACK 8 = HH
> AUDIO TRACK 9 = Toms
> AUDIO TRACK10 = Cymbals
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> 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.
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> --- 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.
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> > 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..
> > 
> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > > 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?
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> > > > 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 
> > > the 
> > > > 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.