Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

How/were,    do I get backing music to play along with, with the 
drum parts muted or missing apart from whats built into the 
machine.  Are there midi files or  other formats out there ,if there 
is how do I get it.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "fozzy702003" <paul@f...> wrote:
> How/were,    do I get backing music to play along with, with the 
> drum parts muted or missing apart from whats built into the 
> machine.  Are there midi files or  other formats out there ,if 
there 
> is how do I get it.

For CDs, you can try the Turn It Up series from Modern Drummer 
(http://www.moderndrummer.com/turn_it_up.html), which features 
various bass players laying down grooves for drummers to accompany, 
or the Music Minus One series, which I used as a kid but definitely 
aren't just for kids, which presents various musical settings for 
instrumentalists to accompany (run a Google on it). Another option is 
go to one of the numerous MIDI sites on the web. I don't do that so I 
don't have any addresses handy. If you're a greybeard like me, you 
might recall that many of the early stereo rock recordings from the 
1960s (including the Beatles) panned the drums hard left or hard 
right, allowing you to mute the stereo side with the drums and send 
the result into the aux input on the DTXpress for you to serve as the 
drummer. Just a thought.

Ed

You need to go to a good sheet music store. There is a series called "MUSIC 
MINUS ONE". It comes with the music CD that has the whole band on one side, the 
other side is minus the other instrument. You can also get it with the sheet 
music/drum chart. MUSIC MINUS ONE has rock, jazz, orchestra, country, etc. 
music. There are other companies besides MUSIC MINUS ONE. Try this link - 
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/enter.html?s=googlepremium&t=music+minus+one&e=a
I did a search on Google for Music Minus One and came up with this.

Claudio Ortiz