OLD's semi-official DTX Page - sponsored by Nate Brown and Ghostman
Basically, everyone here has probably heard of Rock Band or Guitar Hero. There is a free Windows based program called DTX Mania (which is actually somewhat supported by Yamaha). Anyway, aside from it being a game, I have been messing around with content creation and have built up a lot of simple exercises / rudiments. They are all pretty basic at this point, but I'd like to see:
1) if anyone would like to see this implemented further
2) If there were ideas to expand, suggestions for content
3) Comments or suggestions on stuff I've written out
The program is similar to Rock Band or Guitar Hero but it has more lanes and capability.
It can do open and closed hi-hat, 3 toms, bass, 2 crashes and a ride, although, the 'right' crash and ride share a lane.
What you need:
- Electronic drum module / drums with MIDI-to-USB capability (some of the newer modules have a built-in USB connection - The Alesis Trigger IO does)
- Windows OS based computer - XP SP2 or Vista**
- DTXMania - http://www.donburi.to/~from/dtxmania/download.html
UH-OH! This site original DTX site is down! I've uploaded a version to OLD:
- DTXMania
- Rudiments - A ZIP file containing all my rudiment files.
- Patience and a sense of humor.
A lot of it is in Japanese, so it's kinda dodgy setting it up and reading instructions and screens.
The install consists of unzipping it and putting it in your system. I would recommend:
c:\Program Files\DTXMania
Then, put my files (unzipped) in the DTXMania folder. My zip should have a folder called "DTXFiles.rudiments" and inside that, a bunch of folders that represent a bunch of stuff I have been working on.
c:\Program Files\DTXMania\DTXFiles.rudiments
Once you get that all set up, click on the DTXMaina.exe file, and it should run. If it doesn't, you'll get a message on why. I found I had to update to the newest version of DirectX. I am currently running the second to latest version.
If it runs, YAY! You have completed the toughest part. The next thing to do is to explore the game / software. I'll post some setup tomorrow,but this should get you started.
Good luck, and don't be afraid to PM me with any questions if you want to get this working.
Look for this page to change as I get access to upload the files here!
** I have NO experience with Vista, so I am not be as helpful as I could be if you are running Vista.
On to the files!!!Posting of the files individually:
Rudiments:
Single Stroke Roll LRLR
Long Roll RRLL Pretty much the same as the single stroke roll, but doubles
Paradiddle RLRR LRLL I use toms instead of the snare to drive in the hands
Double Paradiddle RLRLRR LRLRLL I use toms instead of the snare to drive in the hands
Para Diddle Diddle RLRRLL LRLLRR I use toms instead of the snare to drive in the hands
Triplets One and ah, Two and ah, Three and ah, Four and ah
Misc Exercises:1 to 6 Warmup Nate's 1 to six warm-up, minus the 5's. DTX can't do 5's. Well, not easily!
Rock:Rock - Beats Mix A mix of very basic rock beats
Rock - Boogaloo ooooh, a boogaloo!
Shuffle: These are some shuffles that my teacher mapped out for me to practice on.
Shuffle - Basic 1 Just a basic shuffle.
Shuffle - Basic 2 Another basic shuffle.
Shuffle - Flat Tire Sounds like a flat tire on a car..
Shuffle - Purdie A variant on a Purdie shuffle.
Shuffle - Rock Slow rock ballad Shuffle.
Shuffle - Slow Blues Stroll A shuffle variant.
Shuffle - Society Shuffle Another shuffle variant.
Shuffle - Swuffle According to my teacher, a halfway between a shuffle and a swing. He says he made it up, I don't know enough blues to disagree. Maybe he said he made up the name..
Shuffle - Texas As done in the Lone Star State.
Swing: These are some swing beats that my teacher mapped out for me to practice on. Honestly, I don't know what makes these swings versus shuffles..
Swing - Bo Diddly Hats A beat inspired by BoDiddly
Swing - Bo Diddly Tom Same beat, done on the floor tom instead of high-hats
Swing - Calypso Name says it
Swing - Rhumba Again, name says it
Swing - Two Beat A faster variant
Double Bass Exercises:Double Bass - 1a - Doubles Great for fills
Double Bass - 1b - Quads Builds on Doubles
Double Bass - 1c - Octs Builds on the Quads
Double Bass - 1d - Doubles w/ toms Start moving from the snare to the toms
Double Bass - 1e - Quads w/ toms Builds on Doubles
Double Bass - 1f - Octs w/ toms Builds on Quads
Double Bass - 1g - DoubleBass sixteenths straight The most basic double bass, just constant double bass
Double Bass - 2a - DoubleBass sixteenths bursts (quads) Add double bass bursts as the beat
Double Bass - 2b - DoubleBass sixteenths bursts (sextuplets) (Think Metallica's "One")
Double Bass - 2c - DoubleBass mix double with single Mix a simple single bass beat with some double bass flavor
Double Bass - 2d - DoubleBass triplets Because not everything is 4/4
Double Bass - 2e - DoubleBass broken up sextuplets Sorta like Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher"
Double Bass - Mix 1 - all "1's"
Double Bass - Mix 2 - all "2's"
