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Playing along with MIDI files

2001-02-01 by Chris Dyer

I'm trying to setup a sequencer on my laptop so I can play along with 
my DTXpress, but I'm having problems getting setup properly.

I've had my DTXpress for about 9 months now, but I'm just starting to 
get into the MIDI side of it. I'm a complete MIDI novice. I read some 
of the previous posts here and went out and bought a MOTU USB MIDI 
Interface for my Dell laptop computer running Win98. I had no problem 
setting it up and before long I was able to use DTXchange to upload 
some user kits to my DTXpress.

Now I'd like to try to play along with some MIDI files. I've got a 
demo version Cubase VST and a registered version of n-Track Studio 
v2.2, but I'm having problems getting them to work properly with the 
DTXpress. I've gotten both sequencers to play the MIDI file through 
the DTXpress but I usually end up hanging/crashing my computer when I 
try to adjust settings.

On Cubase, I can mute the drum track but that causes problems with 
sounds I get from the drum pads. For example I'll hit the kick and 
hear a kick + bell, or I'll hit a tom and hear the tom + a sax.

On n-Track studio, I can only mute the drums on a few MIDI songs and 
when I do it also mutes the DTXpress pads so I can't play along.

If any of you use either of these programs, how do you have it setup? 
What options do I need to set in the program and in DTXpress?  Keep 
in mind that I'm not really familiar with either of these programs. I 
looked through the archives here and didn't really see anyone 
describing exactly how they set Cubase up.

Thanks,
Chris

Re: [DTXpress] Playing along with MIDI files

2001-02-03 by Vivien Emiya

I think that one of your problem comes from your kit. The cubase drum kits
must have different midi notes from yours, i.e. when you play on a pad a
midi note is sent through the canal 10 to your pc, and this note trigs
another voice from your sound card, but for example if your snare pad sends
a E1, the sound card will play the voice which is set with the E1(which is
not necessairy a voice of snare). Therefore you must change the midi notes
sent by your kit(it will note change the voice played by the DTXpress
brain). It is in "voice" just after the decay. I think that you can find
easily the midi notes used in the cubase drum kits.
Be carefull: there is another problem which can arrive. In the midi setup be
carefull that the midi thru option is off because when it is on the midi
signal received by the card is sent through the midi output and if the
output is linked to the midi input of your dtxpress brain it can cause loops
of triggering.
For the canal, the drum canal is usually the 10. (But you can change in your
kit the canal through which the midi notes will be sent to your sound card.)
The midi system is very simple, you must understand that only midi notes are
sent, and through 16 canals(or more)(usually a canal=a instrument). The midi
note only trigs a voice in the bank of your sound card.
good luck

Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Playing along with MIDI files

Playing along with MIDI files

Re: [DTXpress] Playing along with MIDI files

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