Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> Quick question (I hope):  I have connected my DTXPressII to my PC
> via the MIDI cable to my computer's sound card (joystick port).  I
> can record my drums fine through Cakewalk 3.  My issue is that I can
> only hear my recordings played back through my headphones.  The
> sound is running itself back through my DTX brain rather than
> straight to my computer speakers.  I'd like to be able to hear what
> I've done through my computer speakers rather than through my drum
> module.

There is nothing wrong, everything is working as it should, you should be
proud of yourself as many people have problems when it comes to MIDI
communication between the DTX and the PC.

Cakewalk is recording your MIDI data (note data & not audio), and it's
playing it back.
The reason the DTX is making the sound (audio) is because Cakewalk is
telling it to.
Now, if you want Cakewalk to record the audio of your DTX, you will need to
connect your stereo audio outputs from the DTX to the line input of your
soundcard.
(a stereo mini-jack (1/8") to 2 X mono jack (1/4") splitter lead should do
the job nicely)
Word of warning:
SoundBlaster cards, and sound supported motherboards will have a
noticeable......................  delay when recording audio directly, it
should play back in the correct time however.

Your best bet, record via MIDI, do any fine tuning / editing, and when happy
play back the MIDI, and have Cakewalk record the audio from the DTX.
Alternately, keep the DTX controlled by MIDI, and use a mixer to combine the
output of the DTX, and the output of your soundcard.

Well not a quick answer after all..

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