Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ed,

Thanks for your input. I have band rehearsal all day today, but will 
try this as soon as I have a chance. Thanks again for taking the time 
to write, you rock!

Raven

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 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