REPOST - MIDI, hi-hat and lots of other stuff
1999-12-13 by Giles Hearn
Andy, thanks for the gig info. I will definitely be interested in coming along. No worries about the type of music - it's exactly the same as I do in Fluid Power Society! I'm also *very* interested in hearing the DTXpress live - ready or not. - I've also found there's a pseudo-trigger on the hi-hat, a kind of half-open sound that is not catered for on the brain. If you listen to it, it sounds like a mix of HH-Open and HH-Closed (as if you had one on V1 & one on V2). Maybe we can program it as such. - Pad Song problem - I posted this exact same problem a while ago but no-one replied. I'm afraid I gave up pretty quickly on this one. If it only works when I have to press 8 and a half buttons - then I won't use it. Maybe one for a rainy Sunday... - Incidental GM sounds - my only guess here is that there might be Program Change Control messages (or something else) getting to the brain. The easiest way to sort this out is to fire up a MIDI analyser utility on the PC and examine what's coming out. I use MIDI Monitor - nice and simple. I'll mail you a copy tonight if you don't have it. - Web site. Thanks for the compliment. I didn't think it was that good. The Netscape display bug was actually a gap appearing where two frames joined. The window size was purposely fixed to look good at 800x600. I was planning on working on the hi-res version later! Thanks also for the tips :-) - Kelvin. I reckon this Roland thing you've got is using GS MIDI and not GM MIDI. Ther simplest way to wire up the DTXpress is to use a soundcard (SB16 or similar) and just plug in a MIDI lead with an IN & OUT connector. (If you get all the settings right - and most are OK straight out of the box) - you can't go wrong. - Aaron. GM specification says that drums go on Channel 10 but you can move 'em onto other channels (check out Andy's post). The problem with the 2-track recording is that the brain cannot playback more than one kit at once. This is a limitation of the brain's software. The data stored in a song's memory is the minimum reqd. I think it's just "the pads that you hit during recording". If you're planning on proper recording - use a proper sequencer. The DTXpress just isn't up to the job... Bye for now __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com