Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Or does Yamaha's DTXtreme have such a digital connection? I just 
looked and my Alesis DM Pro has digtal RCA connections.

It seems that a lot of equiptment these days are offering digital 
connectivity in their products. Even Gibson is making a Les Paul 
guitar with a digital output!

I just bought a Digital Optical cable to connect my Vox ToneLab 
guitar amp modeler and will try it next on my Alesis keyboard synth, 
and I was thinking it would have been cool to try it on the e-drums 
as well.
Though I'll do some experimenting in the future with the DM Pro.

Steve

The Dtxtreme IIS has a S/PDIF output jack that sends out the same 
audio that is sent out the main stereo output jacks. None of the 
other Yamaha modules have it.

OGD


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "zapaxe" <a_zapelectric@h...> wrote:

> 
> Or does Yamaha's DTXtreme have such a digital connection? I just 
> looked and my Alesis DM Pro has digtal RCA connections.
>

Thanks for that info OGD,

That's good to know Yamaha is considering digital connections. It 
seems that a lot equiptment these days are.
I was told that Digital Optical is capable of 8 channels and RCA 
s/pdif is capable of 2 channels.
Since optical is light and eliminates any EM interference and is 
capable of 8 channels, it would be pretty handy to be able to take 8 
channels out from the DTXtreme into a recorder from a single digital 
cable...If it works that way at all!...?

Steve

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "oldguydrummer" <rdamon@m...> wrote:
> 
> The Dtxtreme IIS has a S/PDIF output jack that sends out the same 
> audio that is sent out the main stereo output jacks. None of the 
> other Yamaha modules have it.
> 
> OGD
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "zapaxe" <a_zapelectric@h...> 
wrote:

> > 
> > Or does Yamaha's DTXtreme have such a digital connection? I just 
> > looked and my Alesis DM Pro has digtal RCA connections.
> >

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "zapaxe" <a_zapelectric@...>
To: <DTXpress@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 5:15 PM
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Why Doesn't The Yamaha's Have A Digital Audio
Connection?


>
>
> Thanks for that info OGD,
>
> That's good to know Yamaha is considering digital connections. It
> seems that a lot equiptment these days are.
> I was told that Digital Optical is capable of 8 channels and RCA
> s/pdif is capable of 2 channels.

There is a 8 channel optical connection - ADAT deleoped by Alesis.
If the 'litepipe' (as some call it) is ADAT compatable the unit will have an
ADAT logo on it (like Dolby on tape decks)
Most optical connections a 2 channel, just like the RCA connection.




> Since optical is light and eliminates any EM interference and is
> capable of 8 channels, it would be pretty handy to be able to take 8
> channels out from the DTXtreme into a recorder from a single digital
> cable...If it works that way at all!...?

Here's the bad news, the digital out of the DTXtreme is basically the main
left / right.
You haven't 8 channels to play with.

Hey thanks SEA,

Well, I was expecting that much. I'm not too surprise since I only 
heard from someone else that lightpipe is 'capable' of 8 channels.

If in fact, 8 channels are capable with lightpipe I wonder how hard 
it would have been for Yamaha to design this digital output in such 
a way that would allow 8 channels so that different drums can be 
assigned to separate recording tracks?

Of course the use of midi recording and the multi-audio putputs 
provided in the DTXtreme would achieve the same thing so...? But one 
cable with 8 channels?
 
["> Here's the bad news, the digital out of the DTXtreme is 
basically the main
> left / right.
> You haven't 8 channels to play with."]