Yamaha DTXTREME Owner's Manual (basic Section) - Page 23

Example 2: Controlling a MIDI Keyboard or Sequencer from the DTXTREME MIDI Mac PC-2 PC-1 HOST SELECT DRUM TRIGGER MODULE MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI keyboard or sequencer (slave) DTXTREME (master) Example 3: Playing the DTXTREME tone generator from a MIDI Sequencer and Recording a DTXTREME Performance onto a MIDI Sequencer MIDI Mac PC-2 PC-1 HOST SELECT DRUM TRIGGER MODULE MIDI OUT MIDI IN DTXTREME (master or slave) MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI sequencer (master or slave) Example 4: Controlling Multiple MIDI Devices via MIDI THRU MIDI sequencer (master) MIDI OUT MIDI tone generator (slave) MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI THRU MIDI Mac PC-2 PC-1 HOST SELECT DRUM TRIGGER MODULE MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI keyboard (slave) DTXTREME (master) In this example, the DTXTREME outputs performance information from MIDI OUT while outputting from MIDI THRU the same MIDI data received from the MIDI sequencer. n Always use a standard MIDI cable (up to 15 meters in length) for MIDI connections. When connecting using MIDI THRU, do not connect more than 3 MIDI devices in series. To connect more devices together, consider using a MIDI THRU box to connect the devices in parallel. Note that too long MIDI cables or too many THRU connections may result in malfunction or communication errors between the MIDI devices. 23