Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi, I am new to this group and was wondering if any of you could help 
me out with a problem I have been having with my DTXpress. I have 
conencted it to my P.C using midi leads and can exchange drum kits 
using DTXchange fine. I have started messing around with Cakewalk but 
have had a few problems. When I record from the drum kit onto a track 
in Cakewalk all the correct notes appear (i.e the floor tom appears 
on the coreect stave position) apart from the bass drum and snare. 
These appear on the same position on the stave (a position which i 
think is a default if the note is not recognised or something). When 
I play back my recording with the drum kit still connected it plays 
fine (with correct snare and bass sounds) but when the drum kit is 
disconnected all the notes apart from the bass and drum are still the 
right ones (although they are obviously the lame P.C midi sounds) 
apart from the bass and snare which come out as woodblocks or 
something like that.

Another question is is there any easy way to transfer midi files from 
P.C to the drum brain. The only way I can do it is to play them on 
the P.C and record them onto the brain at the same time. The problem 
is that using this method all the different tracks are given the same 
sound (piano) and so although all hte notes are correct, they all 
have the same sound (as opposed to some on bass, some on guitar etc 
as it shows and sounds in Cakewalk)

any help would be grately appreciated

Robin

Regarding question one. Cakewalk is using the midi
device (dtxpress) for the sounds. If the DTX is not on
it reverts to general midi. To get around this, you
need to turn the midi into digital audio. then
cakewalk records the sound of the imidi as audio. BUT
you will loose the capability of maninipulating the
midi recording. You WILL be able to manipulate the
newly created audio.

The best ay I have found to bo this is to get the
sound you want in midi. Split the midi into a seperate
track, ie track for snare, track for BD track for
Tom1, etc...  Then record these as audio. then use all
the cool effects in cakewalk to manipulate the sounds
further.

Good Luck

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Thanks for the help, but the problem still remains about the note 
positioning. For example when I hit the snare on the DTXpress I want 
the note to appear on the stave in the third space up. However, it 
appears underneath the stave as a triangle shaped note.I know you can 
change what notes are linked to which stave positions withing 
cakewalk but the reason the notes are not in the correct position is 
becuase cakewalk does not recognise that I am hitting the snare (it 
think it is a woodblock or sth).It does not recognise bass drum 
either but recognises all the other drums (such as toms) and puts 
them into the correct stave positions and with the correct general 
midi sound when I play it back without the kit.

Is there someway I can adjust what midi note the DTXpress sends out 
when the snare is hit???or is there another way to solve the problem.

hope this makes sense

Robin