Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> Here's one I could throw into the pot... :)
> 
> How about a "learning" mode of the module that learns the dynamics 
of
> your playing style and then adjusts the pad settings to match? In 
effect,
> have the module "listen" to the dynamics of your playing for a
> predetermined time and then auto-adjust gain, pedal position, cross 
talk,
> rejection etc to match *your* style?
> 
> Maybe have the module "play" a basic "prompt" rhythm and have the 
user
> then repeat the pattern while the module metronomes the tempo. You 
play,
> it "listens", it adjusts. Similar to the way the "Dragon Dictate"
> software works. You "train it" to more accurately recognize your 
distinct
> playing style.
> 
> I envision a module that prompts you for a few bars of a 8 beat 
pattern,
> then displays "Working..." on it's LCD followed by a perfectly
> "zeroed-in" kit...
> 
> But then again, I'm just thinking out loud... er typing out.. well, 
not
> really out loud but.. well u know what I mean! ;)

Vern,

Kat (now Alternate Mode) actually created such an animal, or 
something close to it. You hit a pad twice, once hard and once soft. 
The module registered the range and created a personalized trigger 
envelope for you. It didn't incorporate a crosstalk functionality, 
but Kat eventually went to a separate programming mode like the 
prevailing system now. If I remember correctly, the Kat system was 
actually called training. Your idea is much more elaborate and 
probably more feasible now than it was then. Another way to eliminate 
crosstalk is to go back to Kat's FSRs on pads instead of piezos; they 
did not suffer from any crosstalk because you actually had to exert 
force on them to make them fire. But then again, piezos are the 
industry standard, and even Kat converted to them.

Ed