Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

HI ALL!  Its been a while since I've posted, I have been reading the 
boards tho faithfully everyday. Anyhoo, here's my questions:

1. I've seen a whole bunch of really awesome kits in the pics section,
    and i was wondering if i could hear some of these kits in 
action ,maybe some members could record a small solo, and add the mp3 
to the files section ...under "kits in action". or if youve recorded 
a song or something with the drums on it would be swell!

2. Adding midi files from my comp to the dtxpressII module, in user 
songs..... I have about 1000 or so midi files from the net of almost 
every genre, and would love to add these files ... or 32 anyway to my 
user songs section... would i be able to do this ,  if i edit the 
songs in cakewalk, and take out the drum parts , then save the file, 
could i upload it at all, and how? and would I need the comp to play 
them all the time, or can I disconnect to play live with the band.

Thanks for your time. 

Jaymz.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "JAMES HUGHES" <jaymz_hughes@y...> 
wrote:
> 1. I've seen a whole bunch of really awesome kits in the pics 
section,
>     and i was wondering if i could hear some of these kits in 
> action ,maybe some members could record a small solo, and add the 
mp3 
> to the files section ...under "kits in action". or if youve 
recorded 
> a song or something with the drums on it would be swell!

Hi Jaymz,

So it's not just people's user kits that you want to hear; it's the 
people actually playing them. Yikes. Maybe if there's enough 
interest, and enough people with the capacity to make MP3s, or even 
WAVs, we can set something up in DTXpressions. When Vern's finished 
scaring the neighborhood kids (Halloween, you see; insert smiley face 
here please), we'll look into it. 
 
> 2. Adding midi files from my comp to the dtxpressII module, in user 
> songs..... I have about 1000 or so midi files from the net of 
almost 
> every genre, and would love to add these files ... or 32 anyway to 
my 
> user songs section... would i be able to do this ,  if i edit the 
> songs in cakewalk, and take out the drum parts , then save the 
file, 
> could i upload it at all, and how? and would I need the comp to 
play 
> them all the time, or can I disconnect to play live with the band.

This isn't my strong suit, so I could be all wet. My understanding is 
that you can record songs from a sequencer to the DTXpress only one 
track at a time; that is, no bulk dump to fill the user song slots in 
one fell swoop. However, material that has already been set up in the 
DTXpress and dumped elsewhere for storage or exchange should be able 
to come back in bulk. Maybe someone will help us out. Anyway, user 
songs recorded to the DTXpress sequencer no longer need the computer 
to play, though obviously external sequencer material played through 
the DTXpress to be accompanied by the kit will always depend on the 
computer.

Ed

I was in the studio last week and asked the engineer to indulge me 
letting play a solo and recording it. He did. I have it on CD, but I 
have no clue how to convert it to and .mp3 or .wav file. If someone 
can let me know how to do this, I'd be happy to upload it.
Stephen

--- Stephen wrote:
> I have it on CD, but I have no clue how to convert
> it to and .mp3 or .wav file.

You need to "rip" the CD track to MP3, using something like this:

http://www.freerip.com/

Stewart

Stewart:
Thanks. I'll try it this weekend.
Stephen

> 1. I've seen a whole bunch of really awesome kits in the pics 
section,
>     and i was wondering if i could hear some of these kits in 
> action ,maybe some members could record a small solo, and add the 
mp3 
> to the files section ...under "kits in action". or if youve 
recorded 
> a song or something with the drums on it would be swell!

This is a good subject that has come along a couple of times. I know 
I'm not the drummer that makes the DTXpress sound in the most 
optimal way, but I added a link to an MP3 that my band and I made 
(at my attic :). For this purpose I took the freedom to make a 
folder in the 'links' section with the name 'kits in action'.
Because I'm not sure how much disk space we have at yahoo, I didn't 
upload the file itself. I hope many will follow (so my link will end 
up less prominent :)

Erik

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "e_dobbelsteijn" <yahoo@d...> wrote:
> I'm not the drummer that makes the DTXpress sound in the most 
> optimal way, but I added a link to an MP3 that my band and I made 
> (at my attic :). For this purpose I took the freedom to make a 
> folder in the 'links' section with the name 'kits in action'.
> Because I'm not sure how much disk space we have at yahoo, I didn't 
> upload the file itself. I hope many will follow (so my link will 
end 
> up less prominent :)

Thanks, Erik. That will be useful. Maybe after the weekend, we can 
look into setting up a sub-area at DTXpressions.

Ed