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2001-01-25 by Michael Lieberman
OK, after reading Bills last reply I am keen to load up some of those kits on the website. I have downloaded the files, but what if any other software do I need and which cables are necessary to do a download from my Toshiba laptop? thanks ===== Regards Mike _____________________________________________________________________________ http://cars.yahoo.com.au/ - Yahoo! Cars - Buy, sell or finance a car..
2001-01-25 by Bill
Mike- I'm not sure what you need for a laptop. Assuming it has a port from your sound card and it supports MIDI, I just bought cables from Mars Music ($18)which connect to the game/MIDI port on the back of the card. It then has two leads with MIDI plugs that plug into the back of the DTX brain. I used the DTXchange software from Giles and after loading the program, loading the kits were a snap - less than 10 seconds each. By the way, the MIDI plugs are marked "in" and "out" and they plugged into the opposite MIDI inputs on the back of the brain (in to out, etc.) Read the instructions Giles provides on his site which show the cables and the steps to follow. Hope this helps. Bill
2001-01-25 by Day, Ian
Mike, I think you can purchase Midi adapters to plug into the PCMCIA slots which most Portables have these days ... Ian D.
-----Original Message----- From: Bill [mailto:groovinbill@...] Sent: 25 January 2001 15:21 To: DTXpress@egroups.com Subject: [DTXpress] Re: WHICH CABLE DO I NEED? Mike- I'm not sure what you need for a laptop. Assuming it has a port from your sound card and it supports MIDI, I just bought cables from Mars Music ($18)which connect to the game/MIDI port on the back of the card. It then has two leads with MIDI plugs that plug into the back of the DTX brain. I used the DTXchange software from Giles and after loading the program, loading the kits were a snap - less than 10 seconds each. By the way, the MIDI plugs are marked "in" and "out" and they plugged into the opposite MIDI inputs on the back of the brain (in to out, etc.) Read the instructions Giles provides on his site which show the cables and the steps to follow. Hope this helps. Bill Community email addresses: Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com Subscribe: DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com Unsubscribe: DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com List owner: DTXpress-owner@onelist.com Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress
2001-01-25 by Vivien Emiya
hi, Personaly I use a cable which links the joystick port of my sound card to the midi input and midi output of the dtxpress brain(it is the same as Michael) and i use Dumpster to export and import downloads, or saved files. Dumpster can be downloaded in the archive of the group. I think that the use of midi cable is more comfortable because you will be able to play midi files from your pc on the dtxpress and record them, or you can record midi drum pattern with midi softwares. Besides the midi use is very easy because it is an international standard. (when i was looking for cables, i was told that using the to host port was more difficult because of the need of drivers, etc...). But maybe portables don t have joystick port....i don t know. So try to find another pc (not portable). Otherwise i saw midi interface you can plug on a USB port, but it is maybe too expensive if you only want to download kits on your dtxpress brain, and i don't know very much of these interfaces. Is there anyone who knows?
2001-01-28 by Michael Lieberman
thanks bill, will have a look at the laptop to see which ports it has --- Bill <groovinbill@...> wrote: > Mike- > I'm not sure what you need for a laptop. Assuming > it has a port from > your sound card and it supports MIDI, I just bought > cables from Mars > Music ($18)which connect to the game/MIDI port on > the back of the > card. It then has two leads with MIDI plugs that > plug into the back > of the DTX brain. I used the DTXchange software > from Giles and after > loading the program, loading the kits were a snap - > less than 10 > seconds each. By the way, the MIDI plugs are marked > "in" and "out" > and they plugged into the opposite MIDI inputs on > the back of the > brain (in to out, etc.) Read the instructions Giles > provides on his > site which show the cables and the steps to follow. > Hope this helps. > Bill > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com > Subscribe: DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: DTXpress-owner@onelist.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress > ===== Regards Mike _____________________________________________________________________________ http://cars.yahoo.com.au/ - Yahoo! Cars - Buy, sell or finance a car..
2001-01-28 by Michael Lieberman
thanks ian --- "Day, Ian" <ianday@...> wrote: > Mike, > > I think you can purchase Midi adapters to plug into > the PCMCIA slots which > most Portables have these days ... > > > Ian D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill [mailto:groovinbill@...] > Sent: 25 January 2001 15:21 > To: DTXpress@egroups.com > Subject: [DTXpress] Re: WHICH CABLE DO I NEED? > > > Mike- > I'm not sure what you need for a laptop. Assuming > it has a port from > your sound card and it supports MIDI, I just bought > cables from Mars > Music ($18)which connect to the game/MIDI port on > the back of the > card. It then has two leads with MIDI plugs that > plug into the back > of the DTX brain. I used the DTXchange software > from Giles and after > loading the program, loading the kits were a snap - > less than 10 > seconds each. By the way, the MIDI plugs are marked > "in" and "out" > and they plugged into the opposite MIDI inputs on > the back of the > brain (in to out, etc.) Read the instructions Giles > provides on his > site which show the cables and the steps to follow. > Hope this helps. > Bill > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com > Subscribe: DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: DTXpress-owner@onelist.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com > Subscribe: DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: DTXpress-owner@onelist.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress > ===== Regards Mike _____________________________________________________________________________ http://cars.yahoo.com.au/ - Yahoo! Cars - Buy, sell or finance a car..