Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Yeah, its not too hard but there are endless possibilities!  I myself 
will probably always record MIDI and if it ends up being something 
that NEEDS to count then I will just borrow or go down to the local 
music store and use their Triton or something similar to get some 
real good sounds.  I guess most ppl don't have that luxury but I'm 
sure most ppl at least know someone with a little better gear then 
them that could help out ;)

I haven't fooled with the software sampler playback and record at the 
same time from a midi file but I imagine it would be pretty straight 
forward once you got into it.  As for as triggering ext sounds via 
midi well that's pretty easy just route midi out to the midi in and 
audio out to the audio in ;)  hit record as it plays your midi back 
it triggers the samples and your audio is being recorded... done!  
Just turn down the sounds you don't want to record on those tracks 
and then after your done route the outputs to the new tracks and turn 
down the previous ones and turn up the new ones.

I can find more out about triggering/recording soft synths/samplers 
for you if you would like... my buddy is a DJ/Songwriter (not a 
hack.. this guy is BAD!) and he knows Cubase inside and out as well 
as midi and soft synths.  Let me know if you want more info!

Gilligan

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> Hi Kevin/Gilligan,
> 
> Yeah, it seems the Daw's been showing ME who's boss for the last 
> couple years 'lol'.
> I've just begun to start learning/experimenting midi. I've done it 
a 
> few times. As a guitar player for 25 + years and a drummer for only 
> a few years, I could really use quantizing for my drumming.
> 
> Actually, I keep going back & fourth on the idea of a better brain 
> VS buying a software drum sampler. Playing/recording my drum 
> performances in Cubase DAW via midi. Then using a soft-drum 
> interface - something like Battery to play the recorded midi while 
> using samples from say Drum Kit From Hell sampler instead of 
> Yamaha's internal sounds.
> Someone told me this is how he does it with his Yamaha e-drum set. 
I 
> don't know how to do all that, but it sounds like a good idea. Then 
> the learning curve makes me look at better drum brains! Oh well;)
> 
> Steve