Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Wow.

The simple answer: Yes you can run a MIDI cable that far w/o a problem.
The Complex answer: Why?? I can't imagine a reason I would want a
computer connected to my drums that far away. For sequencing? How would
you start/stop/punch in/edit/view? Would you have a friend to sit there
and walkie-talkie to you? :) For archiving you set? Man what a pain! run
up the stairs to load the program, back down the stairs to the module,
then back upstairs to see how it did. like I said, wow.

Maybe it would be better for you to simply remove the brain from the set
and carry it upstairs for use as a GM module or to save/load kits. Seems
like a bunch less trouble... My PC is a bout 4 feet away from my kit and
it's *still* too far. I have to lean way over to start/stop sequencer and
I squint to see the display when I record. I thought about making a
laptop part of my kit but I'm afraid one of my inaccurate stick swings
might go through the screen... ;)

Vern

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liberatusvirus said:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bparker0701" <bparker0701@y...>
> wrote:
>> My computer is my bedroom, and my drums are in the basement.  I
> have
>> an ethernet network that "hubs/switches" in the basement.  It would
>> be about 20 feet of cable to run directly between them.  Is that
>> distance OK?  Is there an ethernet or wireless setup that might
> suit
>> me better?  I know there's USB-2-MIDI interfaces.  I also know that
>> there's wireless USB.  I know that I'll be doing some running back
>> and forth for loading and unloading, but don't have another
> computer
>> at the moment to put down there.
>
> I feel your pain. I've agonized over a similar situation. I'll let
> someone with more computer savvy answer about the wired and wireless
> options, but I seem to recall that MIDI connections are okay up to
> about 50 ft., which would leave you well within range, if not exactly
> within striking distance.
>
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