Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "gollywillickers" 
<gollywillickers@y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> i changed the voices from channel 10 to channels 1,2,3,4,5,etc. 
> but then the DTXpressII is triggering the "General Midi" sound set.
> so, i have something like a piano on the kick drum, a synth on the 
hihat, etc. 
> etc..
> 
> how do i change the midi channel and still trigger the sampled drums?
> can you do that with this unit?

Golly,

Bear with me. I've never had occasion to change MIDI channels with a 
DTXpress, but it should be possible. Why else would Yamaha give you 
the ability to change a pad's channel in Voice Edit? What appears to 
be happening is that the DTXpress defaults to the GM set voice for 
every channel other than 10. At this point, the only spot in the 
manual that that seems to address this problem is Song Edit 2. Program 
Change, Bank Select. After you change the channel for each pad in 
Voice, you may have to come to this section, log that channel, toggle 
it to "on," and change V (Bank Select) to "drum V." I'm hoping that 
switching to "drum V" will automatically also take care of PCNo, since 
you won't be choosing a GM voice number, only a particular kit's pad 
voice. Once you've gone to drum V, however, you may have to set PCNo 
as the drumkit number that you're using. If this doesn't work, it's 
back to the drawing board.

Ed