Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Raven,

When you record a song using a kit, the sounds associated with that 
kit are represented by individual note numbers; in other words, each 
voice in that kit carries its own note number, which can be found by 
scrolling through the voice menu. Theoretically, each voice on the 
dtx might be thought to have its own note number, but if you check 
the default kits 1-48, you'll notice that every snare on input 2 has 
the same note number, #113, each tom on input 3 has the same note #, 
and so on. These note numbers also follow into each user kit that 
you create; eg, all of your user kit snares on input 2 will also be 
numbered #113 by default. 

What this system does is lock the note number logic to single kits. 
If you leave one kit for another in some MIDI application, expecting 
that your recorded percussion will remain intact, you'll be 
disappointed; it will voice according to the old note numbers in the 
new kit. A song that becomes a pad song will be governed by the note-
number logic of the kit in which it now appears, borrowing the 
voices associated with the numbers that you originally tapped in 
another kit. What you can try is assigning unused note numbers to 
the voices in the original user kit that went into the recording. 
Then it won't matter when you switch kits; you'll still hear the 
sounds that you want. 

To find note numbers that are not already assigned within the dtx, 
you'll have to scroll through the utility menu to the Map Group sub-
mode. The first entry in that section (5) is Voice (5.1). Check the 
manual. At N =, go through all the note numbers between 1 and 127 
until you find one that comes up as No Assign. You can attach it to 
one of the voices in the kit that you want to record--say, K/001, or 
whatever. Then go the next one, etc. I can't remember where the 
blocks of free numbers are located; there aren't a lot of them. The 
120s may be a good place. I also don't know whether you'll be able 
to plug these new numbers into the song as already recorded or 
whether you'll have to start from scratch. God, I only hope it works 
at all.

Ed


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "herondrums" <herondrums@y...> 
wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I've scoured my DTX2 manual and the message boards, and can't find 
> the answer to this.  I have recorded a pad song that uses congas 
and 
> other assorted percussion, however, when I switch to a different 
kit, 
> I lose the original sounds and only get the sounds that are 
assigned 
> to that kit. So I am getting playback of the song, but not with 
the 
> sounds I want(I'm not getting the piano sounds that others have 
had 
> trouble with, its just that my congas turn to toms or whatever is 
> assigned to that kit). Can I do what I'm trying to, or is it 
beyond 
> the capabilities of the DTX2?  I'm hoping the limitation is my 
brain 
> and not the DTX2's. I am a new owner, and love the set, but it is 
a 
> bit frustrating. Any help is really appreciated!
> 
> Raven