Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, mark.fletcher@a... wrote:
> > 
> > Hi There
> > 
> > As a recent purchaser of a second hand DTXpress III I have had 
> great fun
> > over the last couple of weeks re-introducing myself to the joys of 
> playing
> > the drums after a 12 year absence ! I currently have it set up to a 
> Denon
> > Midi System and Kef Subwoofer and am learning my way through the 
> various
> > tunes trying to increase the varieties of rhythms I can play.
> > 
> > My question is, what is a cheap and relatively simple way to record 
> the
> > output of my drumming, I would like to do this firstly so I can 
> listen back
> > and hear how many mistakes I make and where I make them ?
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Congratulations on picking up the kit and welcome to the group. I 
> assume that you don't want to use the DTXpress sequencer to record 
> the drums along with a MIDI track. I'm also going to assume that you 
> don't want to go the PC route with a sequencer/recording console, 
> which can be a little complicated and a little expensive, depending 
> on exactly what you want to do and how comfortable you are with 
> computer devices. I'm not sure exactly what a Denon Midi system is, 
> but it apparently doesn't entail what MIDI means to most of us here--
> Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which would be sequencer 
> territory. 
> 
> Cheap alternatives for audio recording will depend a little on 
> exactly what you mean by "cheap." You could use a two-track tape deck 
> or digital recorder to connect directly to the output of the module 
> or to a mixer receiving its output along with a separate feed from, 
> say, a CD player (is the Denon Midi system like a boom-box?). You 
> might also consider one of the relatively inexpensive 4-track 
> recorders from Fostex, Tascam, Yamaha, etc., which would give you 
> more control over the sound and finesse your recordings. The cassette 
> versions are the cheapest options, and if you'd be using it solely as 
> a notebook to keep track of your progress, a used one would probably 
> suffice, and allow a few more features. Ebay seems to have a ready 
> supply of them. The digital ones sometimes give you the opportunity 
> to master to disk right on-board, but that privilege obviously comes 
> with a price.
> 
> If I've messed up, let me know.
> 
> Ed



yeh a midi sysem (especialy a dennon one) is going to be some hifi
seperates (im guessing denon ones) ie cd player, tuner, preamp and
power amp etc etc.  technicly a midi system is an all in one but i
know what he means.(lol between a maxi system and a micro system)