Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

NO, I guess I misunderstood your needs. This setting will call up the 
selected SONG (96)when you select a KIT(72).I'll chech this one out.
Scott

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
wrote:
> Hey, thanks Scott. I found 5-4 in my manual (I've got the first 
model 
> DTXpress, too). I followed the instructions, but it made no 
> difference. Let me check this with you... I call up the Kit that I 
> want to tie to a particular song (Kit No. 72), then find KIT Common 
> in the Voice menu, select the Song number (96) and the tempo (183) 
> thus: SongSel= 96d=183. Then I press the SAVE/ENTER button, and 
store 
> it to that Drumkit.  Did I miss anything out?  Then, when I switch 
to 
> Song No. 96 from the one immediately before or after it, I should 
see 
> the kit automatically change to No. 72, shouldn't I?  It doesn't 
work 
> for me - it automatically defaults to Kit No. 40 GM std 1.
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "hairytrigger" <artifax@i...> 
wrote:
> > PS this info is on page 47 of the DTXpress manual.5-4 Song Select. 
> Top 
> > of second column. DTXpressII I don't know.
> > Scott
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "hairytrigger" <artifax@i...> 
> wrote:
> > > OK Go into the voice menu. Page up until yopu get to the 'KIT 
> > common' 
> > > menus. the menu will say SongSelect= ---d=---. Here select the 
> song 
> > > number you want to call up with the kit you are in. AND set the 
> > > tempo(d=---) (the 'd' is the note symbol) SAVE it here!. Don't 
go 
> > back 
> > > to the play mode to save it. I just tried it. It works.
> > > Scott
> > > 
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
> > > <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > > > Nick,
> > > > 
> > > > Our problem solving seems to have left a lot to be desired in 
> your 
> > > > case. The kit/song predicament has been gnawing at my brain 
> > (what's 
> > > > left of it); I had a feeling that it had come up before. Lo 
and 
> > > > behold, if you search the archives for "Assigning a kit to a 
> > song," 
> > > > you'll find that on March 12 of last year, someone asked the 
> same 
> > > > question and received what would have seemed to be a 
> > straightforward 
> > > > answer from the always reliable Walt--pressing "save" should 
> > > > associate a song with a selected kit once and for all--but 
this 
> > time 
> > > > to no avail. No one else had any ideas about it. There have 
> been 
> > > > complaints about fluid settings from the very beginning. Maybe 
> > > > people just learned to live with them, though I agree with you 
> > that 
> > > > this tendency in the module is annoying and perplexing. Maybe 
> > we'll 
> > > > come up with a solution yet, even if we have to get Yamaha 
> > involved 
> > > > again.
> > > > 
> > > > It's amazing how many things come up on the board that stump 
> you, 
> > > > regardless of how long you've been a member. I think that you 
> can 
> > > > disable a pad's choke by setting the pad type in the trigger 
> menu 
> > to 
> > > > one that doesn't support it. I've never done it, but I seem to 
> > > > recall someone saying so. 
> > > > 
> > > > As for the bow/rim interaction on, I assume, the Yamaha stereo 
> > > > cymbals. I'm not sure that this would technically be an issue 
> of 
> > > > crosstalk (though it would be on a dual-zone cymbal). This is 
a 
> > > > common, legitimate complaint about this type of cymbal. I 
think 
> of 
> > a 
> > > > stereo cymbal's reliablity as measured on two fronts: (1) its 
> > > > tendency to make a sound other than the one intended and (2) 
> its 
> > > > tendency to make any sound at all. Though some stereo cymbals 
> are 
> > > > better than others in both cases or in one of them, they all 
> > suffer 
> > > > from similar maladies, in my experience. One of the problems 
is 
> > > > that, given the geography of bow and rim, it's often hard to 
> > strike 
> > > > one without implicating the other. The one you strike first is 
> the 
> > > > one you'll get, and the harder you hit, the more likely you 
are 
> to 
> > > > strike the wrong one first. Tilt has something to do with it 
as 
> > > > well. With some of them, hitting the rim in a certain 
> > spot--usually 
> > > > off to the side--will result in the bow sound. I've tried the 
> > > > Yamahas, a Roland or two, and the Pintech Zenbals. At the 
> higher 
> > > > reaches of the Roland spectrum (where the prices get 
shamefully 
> > > > high), the problem is minimal. Simply put, I think that Yamaha 
> has 
> > > > to make a round cymbal, with more real estate and more 
> attention 
> > to 
> > > > detail. To my mind, price being a consideration, the Pintech 
> > Zenbal 
> > > > stereo cymbal marks a huge step forward in performance. Other 
> > people 
> > > > may have had a different reaction to it, but mine was that it 
> was 
> > > > vastly better in reliability on both fronts. In fact, it 
almost 
> > > > never gives no sound at all; once in a while, it will give the 
> > > > unintended one. (Stephen recently upgraded to all Zenbals; he 
> > should 
> > > > be able to add valuable information.)
> > > > 
> > > > I think I went over my 2 cent limit, but interesting questions 
> > all.
> > > > 
> > > > Ed
> > > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Nick Carroll 
> <njcarroll56@y...> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thank you, Vernon Graner.  I saw your reply to a new 
DTXpress 
> > > > owner, and - as a relatively new owner myself - I checked out 
> your 
> > > > very good DTXpressions.com web site.  Those tips & tricks are 
> very 
> > > > useful.  I am particularly interested in TIps & Tricks #6, 
> about 
> > > > crossfading the bell with cymbal, so that hitting the top part 
> of 
> > > > the ride cymbal pad (the more responsive part) will get more 
of 
> a 
> > > > bell sound.  I'll try that out and let you know how I get on.
> > > > > 
> > > > > There is one problem I haven't resolved yet, despite some 
> > pointers 
> > > > by the list Editor and Underneathheaven (thanks for your 
> efforts, 
> > > > guys!). 
> > > > > 
> > > > > And that is, how do you assign a particular kit to a song, 
so 
> > that 
> > > > when you change to that song, the kit changes also?  The 
> > factory-set 
> > > > songs #1 thru #95 all do this, so I figure there must be a 
> way.  
> > Ed 
> > > > suggested I check the UT Midi Program Change Table Kit 
> assignments 
> > > > in the Utilities menu.  So I went in and changed things 
around, 
> > but 
> > > > it made no difference.  When I changed from one song I had 
> > > > programmed to another, the brain still defaulted to Kit #40 GM 
> std 
> > > > 1.  Am I missing out a step?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Here are two others posers: Is there any way to stop the 
> choke 
> > > > function on the ride cymbal rim?  And sometimes when I hit the 
> > ride 
> > > > cymbal, I get the ride-rim sound instead - is there a way to 
> > reduce 
> > > > the crosstalk between them?
> > > > > 
> > > > >  
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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