DTXpress IV Special and Garageband 3

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DTXpress IV Special and Garageband 3

I'm thinking of purchasing the DTXpress IV Special edition by Yamaha (electronic drum set). Are you able to connect this to GarageBand 3, so you can record your own tunes. If so, what exactly do I need (peripherals) to be able to do this? I'm new to this.

I currently have a MacMini Intel (Core Duo), 1.66 GHz, 2 GB of memory.

Thanks

Mac Mini Intel CoreDuo, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Mar 18, 2007 12:17 PM

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Answer 1

isteveus

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Mar 18, 2007 4:57 PM in response to Gilbert Solorio

My drummer uses a Hart Dynamics kit with a Roland module. We just go from line out on the module to my interface to my mac. You could also go line out (or headphone) to line in on your mac.

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Answer 2

Mar 18, 2007 7:50 PM in response to isteveus

Thanks so much for your reply. How's the sound quality?

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Answer 3

Mar 19, 2007 12:28 AM in response to Gilbert Solorio

Just to make sure: Do you want to record the sounds of the drumset or the midi data?

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Answer 4

Apr 3, 2007 12:44 PM in response to Christoph Drösser

I use garageband and a Yamaha DTXtreme IIS, I use both MIDI and audio. On the DTXtreme there are 8 audio outs 6 mono and 2 stereo.

Frankly the stereo out sound is excellent. At times I record the audio out as well as the MIDI.

I have a lot ways to record ( Tracktion, Logic, Live etc ) but I like Garageband the best. Tracktion crashes enough to make me nervous.

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