Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "temp1111" <temp1111@w...> wrote:
> I am using my DTX2S brain to manage acoustic triggers on my kit, in 
addition to the electronic pads which that come with the DTX2S, which 
I have integrated into my kit.
> 
> I assigned a voice to my acoustic snare trigger that is fine for 
most of the songs I play, and I assigned a different voice to the 
electronic snare pad that is suitable for the rest of the songs.
> 
> The problem I have is I need to manage the volume of voices 
independantly, but instead both volumes are controled by the Snare 
Volume Slider.  My ideal scenario is to control the TP120SD under 
either the Toms or Misc Volume Slider, while controlling my acoustic 
snare trigger with the Snare Volume Slider.
> 
> Now, the $64,000 question ....how can I edit a single, particular 
voice to tell it which slider I want to control it :-)

Vic,

I think that the sliders are associated with particular 
inputs/outputs, not voices. The DTXT's manual volume adjustments are 
simply a more refined, discrete version of the rotary knobs on the 
DTXpress, which do the same thing with less finesse. If I'm right, 
what you'd have to do is connect your second snare into a tom or 
cymbal input and adjust its volume with the appropriate slider. But 
can't you adjust the volume of the rubber pad with its attached 
control and keep the acoustic snare at a permanent slider setting?

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "temp1111" <temp1111@w...> wrote:
> Hello, in my long list of trial and error, at some point I thought 
the volumes were associated with the input channels, but that failed, 
> With all the 'assignable' options and what not, it seems there 
should be a simple way to assign which volume slider a voice or input 
channel is associated with.  Again, with continued experimentation 
this morning, it continues to appear that each "voice" is 
specifically assigned to a slider, regardless of the input channel, 
note assignment, or any other variable.

Hmmm. That's interesting. I like the voice keying better than input 
keying. Can you actually connect your tom, cymbal, and snare voices 
into any input and still adjust them with the appropriate slider, 
subject to further control with the knob on each pad?  That's groovy. 
I wonder what happens with external samples. Does the user have to  
encode them with the proper identifier when downloading? Back to your 
problem, if no one is aware of the magic setting for assigning a 
voice to an alternate slider, maybe we should ask So Tanaka in Japan, 
or Yamahammer when he emerges from the pile on his desk after 
vacation. The pad knob would be compensation for hard wiring, but it 
would be nice to know.