Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Richard" 
<kevin_richard@b...> wrote:
> 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
> 
> <snip>
>  
> > 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

Hey there,

I did try recording midi in Cubase and then used my Alesis QS7.1 
keyboard/synth to play the drums sounds in there instead of the 
DTXpress...You know? I forgot about that option of straight ahead 
midi. It took me a long time to learn to do anything with mide, but 
I've got the basics.
Hmmm...But if I could buy a stand alone sound module with awsome 
drum sounds, hopefully with 'high quality' samples, maybe 
that 'would' be the way to go...? It wouldn't tax my DAW's power 
either!
And also I heard that even the 'new' DTXtreme drum module has only 
16 bit samples. I record everything in Cubase at 32 bit floating 
point. The software samples I hear are among the highest quality.
But really, it's all about the sound, and the DTXpress 1's sound  
just dosen't give me wood.

Steve