Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Moose, I have a question about options one and two.  

First, you said you could hook up brain 1 into brain 2 aux input and 
this work as a crude mixer.  What do you mean by crude mixer?  Would 
something sound different or worse by this method?  

Next, in option 3 you state that by connecting the midi of brain 1 
into brain 2 you could have brain 2 acting as a midi trigger 
device.  This is what I am currently doing with my PM-16 but I hate 
how I cannot save my pad voices to something different in every kit 
that are connected to the PM-16.  I'm stuck with that one voice 
combination no matter which kit am in you know what I mean?  SO, 
what I'm wondering is if through method 3 I can save all the pads 
connected to brain 2 in different kits with different sounds.  By 
doing this I would have to change kits on both brains, but I'd have 
all my "extra" pads saved with different sounds in different kits to 
correspond withever kit I'm in in brain one.  Get what I'm 
asking? :)  Hope that wasn't too confusing!  Thanks!!  


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> --- "peterpan" wrote:
> > In short, what i am trying to achieve is 2 have 
> > more pads on the kit with different sounds...
> 
> In terms of linking two modules, I think you have three choices:
> 
> 1. Brain 1 out into brain 2 aux input as a crude "mixer".
> 2. Brains 1 and 2 into two channels on an audio mixer.
> 
> With both of these options, each brain is responsible for its own 
> sounds and you'd need to select the correct kit on each brain 
> manually to get the "pair" in synch.
> 
> 3. Brain 1 MIDI into brain 2. Here brain 1 is just acting as a 
> trigger to MIDI converter, and brain 2 is responsible for the 
sound. 
> Another way to do this is get a trigger-to-MIDI converter like the 
> Roland TMC-6 or PM-16 (the latter is obsolete) or something.
> 
> I don't think there's any way to "intelligently" link together two 
> DTXpress brains so they work as one. It would be nice because 
you're 
> right, you can pick up used mk1 DTExpress brains quite cheaply.
> 
> Stewart