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Re: No MIDI out from DTXpress II

2009-01-20 by timo.sivula

Hi there

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:

> I just hooked my DTXpress up to my computer...

Hey, thanks for the effort!

> It didn't seem to do it initially - it started doing it after I slid
> the switch from MIDI to the other PC settings and back and tried
> "enable active sensing".

Done that. Does not help me :-( sorry.
  
> I did a search on this forum but most MIDI problems seem to be more
> about matching sounds to the drum sounds, although there was some
> discussion about the Yamaha DTXpress being fussy about the cable.

This is a probable root cause to the problem. I am using the game port
of my soundcard as MIDI input. The cable only has three wires
connected to it. I have a Delta 1010 on my PC, too. I has a "real"
midi connector. Need to get a real MIDI cable and try that. Will
report success or failure here.

br. Timo

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