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Re: Groove check not so groovey

1999-12-01 by Giles Hearn

I agree with you on this one. My experiments with the groove check function left me cold. It also seemed to stick . I would start off a groove and get it bang

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Groove check not so groovey

1999-12-01 by Sanctum@xxxxxx.xx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

That groove check is the worst function on the brain. It was one of teh reasons I went for the DTXpress, My timing slips now and then and playing to clicks has

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Crossfade querry

1999-12-01 by Sanctum@xxxxxx.xx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

how is the crossfade function supposed to work? I was under the impression that it filtered two voices together, so you could have the start of one and the end

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RE: some discussion ideas

1999-12-01 by Sanctum@xxxxxx.xx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I will post some kits as soon as I ve resolved a few bugs in the brain. And yep, we realy need more post here guys...

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Re: Delurk

1999-12-01 by chris thackston

Yeah, Lauri, you may be the only Finnish person on the list but you are definitely not the only non-American. I think it is so cool that people from different

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some discussion ideas

1999-12-01 by chris thackston

Hello, All! I ve been out of town for the last week but I m back now! I ve noticed a few more people have joined the list but the list activity has died off,

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Delurk

1999-11-24 by Mr. Lauri Kero

Hello people. Am I the only Finnish guy on this list? I got very interested in getting one of these kits after reading the Modern Drummer article, and reading

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Re: Drum Sound Quality Question....

1999-11-24 by Giles Hearn

I have to agree. For the money, there is no better sounding kit. Chris is right about the type of headphones, amp etc. used. If you get the chance, ask the

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Re: Drum Sound Quality Question....

1999-11-23 by chris thackston

I m glad that the information you got from this group has helped. When I first started getting info about the DTXpress, primarily from the MD article you

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Drum Sound Quality Question....

1999-11-23 by eyemaster69@hotmail.com

Okay, I thought I posted this message but apparently I did something wrong so here I go again...I apologize if this comes up more than once. I just wanted to

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Re: High-pitched squeal

1999-11-22 by Giles Hearn

Chris, your squealing noise sounds typical of radio interference (or similar). My unit is as quiet as a mouse, so I guess you ll have to try and trace the

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Re: Headphone volume level, and output!

1999-11-22 by chris thackston

I don t have any answers for you but I can say that the headphone/click thing peeves me a little. It wouldn t have cost any extra to put an on/off switch in

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Headphone volume level, and output!

1999-11-22 by sanctum@saqnet.co.uk

The drum voice volume level can be improved by setting all the attenuations to high. Of course this won t affect the crash, hi hat, or anything in 9/10. But a

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Gone for a bit

1999-11-17 by vcrmac@xxxxxxxxx.xxx

Hi all, Just FYI, I m travelling again until the 25th and in a huge hurry right now. I m not ignoring you all. Good stuff on the MIDI. I ll catch up. Be back

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Re: SysEx files!!!!!

1999-11-17 by chris thackston

Excellent, Giles! I m glad you found a better app! I just used the first one I came to, just to get the ball rolling. I was hoping that someone would find

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Re: SysEx files!!!!!

1999-11-17 by Giles Hearn

Hi everyone (7 members now!) At last! I ve got to grips with MIDI SysEx. It was all down to the cable I was using. It worked fine with my mother keyboard but

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Re: MIDI

1999-11-16 by Chris Thackston

Actually, last week I had a lot of trouble getting the MIDI notes to trigger. I was close to pulling all of my hair out. It turns out that I had a MIDI

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Re: MIDI

1999-11-16 by Giles Hearn

Well done with the Sysex Manager! I ll start uploading files soon... My MIDI setup is simple at the moment. I have one cable going from MIDI Out to the

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Re: MIDI

1999-11-16 by chris thackston

Not sure about your setup, Giles, but I ve got my DTXpress wired straight into the computer. To play with the MIDI files, I just opened my sequencer, set all

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Re: 1) Ride cymbal

1999-11-16 by chris thackston

Thanks for the advice on the ride cymbal, Giles. I think that the center-point for the electronic pickup is probably under the logo, creating better response.

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Re: 1) Ride cymbal

1999-11-13 by Giles Hearn

Ah yes...the ride cymbal... I ve got the same thing where it s loud & clear when you hit it on the Yamaha logo plastic bit (the bell ??!!). If I hit it in the

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Re: MIDI

1999-11-13 by Giles Hearn

Well, I ve tried the MIDI dump to my PC and guess what? Nothing. I did a bulk dump of all the data with a lead hooked up from the MIDI Out to the PC. This lead

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Re: Headphone volume: Yamaha answer

1999-11-10 by Chris Thackston

Thanks for the Live mode tip, Giles. That ll make things a little easier. I m not going to work tomorrow and I ll try to spend some time looking into your

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Re: Headphone volume: Yamaha answer

1999-11-10 by Giles Hearn

You re right, Chris - this isn t a fix for the headphone volume issue. It s a feature that simply adjusts the kick or snare levels using the front panel

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Re: Headphone volume: Yamaha answer

1999-11-10 by chris thackston

Wow! That would be very cool to have a Yamaha guy on our mailing list! But this seems like a Band-Aid fix . While turning down the accompaniment might make

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Headphone volume: Yamaha answer

1999-11-10 by vcrmac@xxxxxxxxx.xxx

Rick, Thanks for the information on the web site, I will check it out as soon as I can. In regard to your question on the DTXPRESS. We discovered that when

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my first impressions

1999-11-10 by chris thackston

Sorry I m a bit late with this but I had the inlaws in this weekend and I didn t have a lot of time to play. I got my kit late Friday and I must say that I m

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1999-11-08 by giles_hearn@xxxxx.xxx

Hi everyone. I m still stumped by this user SONG playback problem. All the Kick/Snare etc. voices have loudspeaker icons next to them in Song Job Mode, but

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Amplification

1999-11-06 by vcrmac@xxxxxxxxx.xxx

Hi all, Chris, good news that your kit is on the way. Looking forward to your impressions, etc. Giles, did you figure out your playback issue? Amplification:

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Good News!

1999-11-05 by chris thackston

I just found out that my DTXpress has shipped and I should have it no later than Monday! This is a couple weeks before I thought I was going to get it! I can

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1999-11-05 by vcrmac@xxxxxxxxx.xxx

Hi Giles, Sorry to take so long getting back to you. Great that you got the kit! Sounds like you are already ahead of me in terms of experimenting. I should

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Startoff string of general DTXpress info

1999-11-05 by vcrmac@xxxxxxxxx.xxx

Hey, Rick! Thank you VERY MUCH for your response!If you wouldn t mind, may I be included in future discussions you guys have about the DTXpress? I d like to

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Re: Check Sum Error and DTXchange

1980-01-05 by chris thackston

The kits that won t load are; Factory, Hiding, OvenRage, Vital and Wasted. I don t mean to be a pain in the ass, I m just anxious to check out you kits! I wish

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Check Sum Error and DTXchange

1980-01-04 by chris thackston

This one is for Giles but anyone can chime in. First, I like the web page. Very nice design. Some of your user kits work fine but several give me a Check Sum

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