Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi, first I would like to say that I am using an external midi 
connection to my parallel port.  Second, when I go to "MIDI Setup" 
On DTXchange, it gives me a runtime error 380.  How can I fix 
this??  I cant do anything if I cant setup my midi settings.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "coachman6666" <coachman666@a...> 
wrote:
> Hi, first I would like to say that I am using an external midi 
> connection to my parallel port.  Second, when I go to "MIDI Setup" 
> On DTXchange, it gives me a runtime error 380.  How can I fix 
> this??  I cant do anything if I cant setup my midi settings.

Haven't we gone down this road, or one like it, before? The simplest 
way to use DTXchange is to connect MIDI on the DTXpress to MIDI on 
your computer's soundcard--via a joystick adaptor if it's a Sound 
Blaster-type card. I told you about it a while ago. Some people use a 
USB MIDI device on their computers instead, and a rarer breed uses a 
TO Host cable from the DTXpress to the serial port on the PC. Ditch 
whatever else you have between your module and your computer. You 
once mentioned something about a MIDI controller with a parallel port 
connection. If that's what you're using, it may be responsible for 
your runtime error 380, or invalid property value. Maybe one of our 
more computer-savvy members can get a better handle on the problem, 
but, again, I recommend that you go to the computer store and buy a 
soundcard and MIDI adaptor, if you don't already have them, and 
connect them to the DTXpress. Then DTXchange will have a fighting 
chance of doing what you expect it to.

Ed