Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Walt <wgardus@y...> wrote:
> Hi Jade,
> 
> Although my experience is with a PM-16, not a TMC-6, I
> suspect the theory is the same. 
> 
> A trigger to Midi interface device converts a pad hit
> to MIDI information, then sends it to another device
> to process.  On the PM-16 what I did was to assign a
> MIDI note number (plus some other stuff) to each of
> the pads directly attached to it.  Then, on the DTX
> you define a sound that is associated with each of the
Oh Yah....I remember now!! I recall reading the post about the MIDI 
note numbers when you voice edit on the DTX.  I suspect I will need 
ALOTTA HELP...bear with me guys!!...Thanx Walt....Jade 


MIDI note numbers you assigned on the PM-16.  The
> result was that you hit a pad attached to the
> interface, the interface converts that to a MIDI note
> number to be played, and sends that to the DTX module.
>  The DTX module determines what sound is assigned to
> that MIDI note number, and sends it off to the tone
> generator to play.  
> 
> I expect that the TMC-6 works the same, although the
> way you assign the MIDI info on it may be a little
> different than the PM-16.
> 
> Walt
> 
> --- deb maniace <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > So what you are saying is that the Trigger Edits
> > that
> > say "Save to input x or y" will then be transferred
> > to
> > each individual input on the TMC-6?  Say I saved a
> > crash cymbal setting on the DTX to input 7...I would
> > then take the input 7(saved crash settings) and
> > transfer them to say input 3 on the Roland?  Then I
> > could plug in an x-tra crash to input 3 on the
> > Roland...hit the crash pad(that is plugged into #3
> > on
> > the Roland) and those settings from the DTX #7 input
> > will be reproduced and transfered to #3 crash pad on
> > the Roland?////Sorry I SEEM SO DENSE...this is all
> > NEW
> > stuff to me...  and ..oh yah...I may have a
> > KITI...see
> > my post earlier...heard from Rezdrums, if this
> > doesn't
> > pan out I will probably go with the Roland....Jade
> > --- "liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@y...>"
> > <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > > Jade,
> > > 
> > > You'd do it through a MIDI hookup. The first step
> > > would be to 
> > > transfer sounds from the DTX module to the TMC-6's
> > > individual inputs 
> > > (with the pads connected to them) via MIDI-in,
> > > probably by hitting 
> > > pads on your kit that have voices saved to
> > > particular user note 
> > > numbers, which the TMC-6 can store.  From that
> > point
> > > on, until you 
> > > change it, the TMC-6 uses each of those note
> > > numbers/inputs to 
> > > access your selected voice (or voices, if the
> > input
> > > is stereo) in 
> > > the DTX via MIDI-out whenever the appropriate pad
> > is
> > > hit. Once 
> > > you've programmed the sounds, you set up the
> > > triggering functions on 
> > > the TMC-6 (gain etc) to your liking. Voila, now
> > you
> > > can play. The 
> > > TMC-6 functions like an intermediary, an
> > electronic
> > > drum broker, 
> > > between the extra pads and the DTX module, which
> > > supplies the 
> > > sounds. Those are the nuts and bolts of a MIDI
> > > interface. The 
> > > details of how the TMC-6 accomplishes its job will
> > > have to be 
> > > between you and the manual.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
> > > <jadiebooshkie@y...>" <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > > > Just wondering if I got the Roland TMC-6...how
> > > would I hook it to 
> > > > the DTXII brain...would MIDI OUT on the TMC-^
> > plug
> > > into the MIDI 
> > > IN 
> > > > on the DTX?...I am assuming it would run off or
> > in
> > > conjunction 
> > > with 
> > > > the DTX module...is this so?
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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