Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" <moosetication@y...> 
wrote:
> Modules - the boxes
> 
> I want my module to have two physical parts.
> 
> One part is that which I use every day. It has on it a colour 
> touchscreen, a CD or DVD drive, some form of removable, rewritable 
> storage (smart media, memory stick, minidisk, I could care less), 
> and ONE connector (see later). I want this part to be small, light, 
> and be able to be mounted anywhere I see fit.
> 
> The other part contains all the connectivity to the outside world. 
> The pad inputs, the audio outputs, MIDI connectors, and all. This 
> part contains the trigger-to-MIDI interface, audio processing 
> hardware, and anything else bulky or heavy. I want this box to be 
> connected to the user interface box by a single cable that's 
> sufficiently long to let me have the interface on one side of the 
> rack and the connectors box on the other.
> 
> Perhaps this second part supports the ability to add further 
inputs -
>  small "slave" boxes with another set of pad inputs. This connects 
> (perhaps by cable or perhaps by slotting into the "mothership) and 
> allows me to add more pads without me giving a damn about MIDI - I 
> just plug it in, and the inputs are there.

Stewart,

I take it that you're done? I'm sorry (meekly).

Ed