Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

OK! This is JUST the kind of information I need. 

Friday on my mind... la, la, la...

Thanks!

W.



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, rdamon@m... wrote:
> Willy, 
>  Welcome on board.
> 
> Two pieces of advice:
> 
> 1. If you are the type of person that really likes to dig into 
settings
> (like I am and others here) and wants to create news kits, you 
really must
> get at a minimum a cable that connects from your game port of your 
sound
> card to the midi in/out on the dtxpress module. It's easy to get 
lost in the
> menu's of the modules and accidently change something. I know, when 
I first
> got my set I had programmed three new kits and ended losing them 
when I had
> to do a Factory reset, because I couldn't figure out what I did. 
The cable
> and the DTXChange utility is a must. If you find that your 
satisfied with
> the kits it comes with then don't bother with it for a while. 
> 
> 2.If you are like the rest of us, the first thing you start to do 
is figure
> out, what can you plug into that spare zone 9,10? (Barpads-yes; 
single zone
> pads-yes; dual zone pads-no)  Go into the photos section of this 
group and
> you'll find plenty of ideas to get you started. 
> 
> 
> 
> Like Stewart said...spend some time just enjoying it!!!!!
> 
> OldGuyDrummer
> 
> PS- If you live above anybody else.. better make GOOD Friends with 
them
> before you start playing it. The bass pedal sound (vibration) will 
be heard
> by the neighbors living below you. There have been several 
solutions talk
> about here, just do a search of the archive.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	moosetication [SMTP:moosetication@y...]
> > Sent:	Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:11 PM
> > To:	DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject:	[DTXpress] Re: Hallo to everybody!!!!!
> > 
> > --- "Willy" wrote:
> > > Sould I have found a CD or similar with PC 
> > > and MAC software un my set?... 
> > 
> > No, no external software comes with the DTXpressII. If you want 
to 
> > hook it up to your PC, you'll need cables and appropriate 
software 
> > for your PC. You can connect it either using the TO HOST method 
> > (which connects to a serial port) or using standard MIDI cables 
which 
> > you can connect either to the MIDI connectors on your sound card 
or 
> > to a USB port using a suitable adapter. As Ed has said, you can 
then 
> > download software that will allow you to send drum kit 
definitions to 
> > and from your PC over MIDI.
> > 
> > Trust me... you won't need it for a little while, you'll be 
having 
> > too much fun with your new toy...
> > 
> > Stewart
> > 
> > 
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