Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Does anyone know of any albums you can buy without the drum track? 
Or any place to get MIDI files without the drums? 

Cheers

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "kirkmangraham2000" 
<kirkmangraham2000@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any albums you can buy without the drum track? 
> Or any place to get MIDI files without the drums? 

There is (I believe) a series of CDs with books called "In Session 
With..." which feature two versions of the featured tracks; one with 
drums and one without.

As for MIDI files, they can all be played back without drums by 
muting the relevant track in a sequencer.  If you don't have one 
there may be a freeware program to play back MIDI files that allows 
muting of individual tracks.  I've just had a quick look but I can't 
find one!

Chris

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <proguk@h...> wrote:
 
> there may be a freeware program to play back MIDI files that 
allows 
> muting of individual tracks.  I've just had a quick look but I 
can't 
> find one!

...and then I do!  The following program seems to do what you need.  
It's vanBasco's Karaoke Player.

http://tinyurl.com/3x6gj

Chris

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "kirkmangraham2000" 
<kirkmangraham2000@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any albums you can buy without the drum track? 
> Or any place to get MIDI files without the drums? 

If you have your module hooked up to your PC using a standard midi 
cable then you can play the midi files back using a player such as 
WinAmp. (I have not tried MediaPlayer but it may also have the 
following feature.) Check the midi options on the player and see if 
you can select the output device. If you select the sound card then 
the sound will start to be generated on the modules synth. You can 
then use the module to drop out the drum/rhythm track.

This approach allows you to play along with just about any midi file.

But...if you would prefer a small selection already muted then try 
<http://home.texoma.net/~docdoc1/jamindex.htm>

Roger

Ken said:
> Is there a way I can convert these midi files to wav or mp3 format so I
> can put them on a CD?

In simplest terms:

MIDI files contain the note on/off data for a song. The MIDI file needs
an instrument to control in order to make sound. If you want to play a
MIDI file, most newer Windows computers will have a GM (Or General MIDI)
instrument set that can be the instrument the MIDI file is sent to. You
would then record the output of the MIDI instrument. Some soundcards even
have wavetable samples internally that you may send the MIDI data to to
create more realistic sound than "FM Synthesis" systems included in older
versions of windows and with many older sound cards. OF course, one of
the better GM instruments you already own is probably the DTXpress
module. :)

Now, when it comes down to precise instructions on how to get the MIDI
files you have recorded as MP3 or WAV files, this will be dependent upon
the equipment at your disposal. However, I'll take a stab at it here:

1) Open the MIDI file with Winamp (or windows media player)
2) Set the MIDI output to MPU401 MIDI interface
3) Press play and listen to the DTXpress module and make sure it is
playing  what you expect/want the MIDI file to sound like
4) Run the R/L output from the DTXPress to the LINE IN on your sound card.
5) Open your sound recorder of choice (cool edit, soundforge, even Sound
Recorder will work)
6) Record and save as a wave file then convert to MP3 if you like..

Hope that helps... :)

Vern






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