Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hello, everyone!  I've been reading the posts about the DTXpress2 not 
interacting with a MIDI interface on their PC, and I'm a little 
confused as to why people are quick to blame Yamaha on this.  
Granted, it may be Yamaha's flaw in the design, and let's hope it 
isn't, but what about our end of the problem.  A few days ago, I also 
had purchased a program to run on my PC, got some MIDI cables, pluged 
everything in, and got no response from the program.  After 
researching the problem, I came to realize that it was my PC that was 
the problem.  My soundcard was incapable of decyphering the MIDI 
signals being sent out by the module.  I still had the origianl sound 
card in my PC from when i bought it, and it was a pretty lame one.  I 
looked around for a cheap card capable of handling atleast 128 MIDI 
voices, had a MIDI interface such as a joystick plug on the card, and 
was ready to rock 'n' roll (I like Turtle Beachs' Santa Cruz sound 
card.  Infact, they make them for MIDI users like us!).  I know I may 
be the lucky one, as far as connecting my module to my PC and getting 
positive results, but let's not rush to blame a company for something 
that may be still overlooked.  I'm not trying to sound like I work 
for the company, but I'm a firm believer that all facts should be 
found before passing judgemnet on something.  I really hope that I'm 
right about this problem being on our end, I'd really hate to think 
that we have all purchased a semi-inferior product that isn't what we 
thought it would be.  Good luck with discovering the problem before 
us!

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "genek45 <imm0rtal@h...>" 
<imm0rtal@h...> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I haven't posted here before, but have been reading for some 
time... 
> very helpful group!  I'm convinced there is a flaw in the module, 
as 
> I have been having very similar problems trying to get DTXpress II  
> module to interact with the midi interface on my computer.  I have 
> not succeeded and ultimately just gave up.  I will be trying to 
> connect a PM16 to it in a few days, but I don't have much hope of 
it 
> working.  I will let you know.  If it doesn't work, I will 
certainly 
> participate in any campaign to get us all some financial 
> reimbursement for a defective product.  
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, jade <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > UNH
> > I will be posting a call to arms...I just got off the
> > phone with Dave Ksycki at Yam.  He said for me to get
> > in touch w/Dave Jewell, there MAY be a technical flaw
> > in our modules...they should work with an external
> > midi device.  I called Dave J. and left voice mail,
> > but we ALL need to email him at the following:
> > DJewell@y...
> > This man can contact Yamaha in Japan, and specifically
> > the engineers that designed the DTXII, and find out
> > WHY notes are not being recognized.
> > The notes I am hearing are keyboard notes...even
> > thought the numbers are correct.
> > Jade