I bought Logic Studio a few months ago to record my band's demo's. I have a Yamaha DD-55 Electronic Drum Set and would like to use it as a midi controller for the drum kits in Logic or Garageband. Can anyone give me some step-by-step instructions on how I can get that setup. I thought it would be just plug and play like all the Line6 stuff I use. I'm a total midi noob so any help would be appreciated. Here's a list of my equipment: 1 - EMU X-Midi 1x1 USB interface 1 - Yamaha DD-55 1 - Line6 KB37 1 - Line6 Pod XT Live

Hi and welcome to the forums! Here's a few tips : 1-The EMU X-Midi USB Interface doesn't need any drivers so you just need to connect it to your Mac. 2-Connect the DD-55 MIDI out to the EMU MIDI in. Connect the DD-55 MIDI in to the EMU MIDI out. 3-Load up a drum kit in Logic. 4-If you don't have a copy, download the DD-55 manual here : [url]http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D2260%252526CTID%25253D208400%252526RLTID%25253D590%252526DETYP%25253DRELATION%252526LGFL%25253DY,00.html[/url] 5-If you don't want the sounds of the DD-55 to play, you will need to turn the Local parameter to off. See page 26 of the manual for more details. 6-You will need to assign a Channel # and a MIDI note for each pad of your DD-55. You will want them to match the notes of your Logic drum kit. Check pages 27-28 for more details. I hope my tips will be helpful to you! Christian

Christian, It almost sounds too easy... I'll give this a try and let you know how it goes. Thanks.

Cool! Let me know...

I am trying to set up my yamaha dd-55 using the same usb midi device but can't get it to work, can you elaborate on how to do it please? I'm using logic studio 9.

Hi Andrew, Can you please give us some more details on your setup? The Mac OS? Version of Logic? Does the EMU X-Midi USB Interface show up under your MIDI devices in the Audio MIDI Setup (Applications > Utilities)