Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks for all the suggestions.  I never thought to connect the
headphones to the back output jacks and check to see what I'm getting
there.....but that would rule (in or out) the unit or the deck as the
case may be?

I've monkey a lot with the the AUXIN volume and have had some
success....but if I succeed in getting a good mix on the tape, I can
not hear myself playing when doing the acutual recording through the
DTXpress unit.  

I really think my problem is probably related more to the old crappy
tape deck I'm using?  (If the deck had a heaphone jack and way to
monitor the recording, I could probably solve my problem that way,
using the deck's headphone jack)...but it dosen't.  I may look around
for a better tape deck.

It does have two meters, but no way to adjust the pan between R/L:
only a single input volume.

And yes I 'am listenig throught the headphones (FROM the DTXpress
unit...not the tape deck).

And yes I am using rca --> 1/4 patch cables to connect to the DTX.

Thanks again for your suggestions...more comments below inline...

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "rjbb2" <rjbb2@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > I have a CD player connected to the AUX/IN in front and cassette 
> deck
> > connected to the two outputs on the back side (I think they are
1/4"
> > jack outputs) inorder the record what I'm playing.
> > 
> > My problem is this:
> > 
> > When I'm playing the volume level is very well mixed and
balanced.  
> (I
> > have plenty of volume to hear the music and the DTXpress kit).
> > However, when I play back the recorded tape, the drum sounds are
> > almost all I can hear....I can barely hear the aux/in music on the
> > recorded tape.
> > 
> > Is there a setting somewhere I can change for this or does this
call
> > for a mixer to be attached to better balance the output sound?
> > 
> > (The tape deck is nothing special....just some old Teac analog
deck)
> 
> I assume that you're listening through headphones. Does the tape
deck 
> have two VU meters? Are the levels roughly similar when recording? 
> Disconnect the tape deck and connect your headphones to the output. 

I will try this first...to see what I'm getting

> If the mix is okay, chances are that something about the tape deck
is 
> faulty, though it's hard to imagine what at this point. If the
heads 
> were uniformly worn, the drums would be diminished, too. The same 
> could be said about the effects of any Dolby NR (B or C) applied to 
> the signal; you could remove Dolby and check it. 

Not using dolby at all
> 
> You've most likely fiddled with the module's front volume knobs for 
> aux and power. If you mix the drums way down through headphones,
can 
> you create better levels at output? Is there a panning knob on the 

Yes the tape sounds OK then, but I cannot hear the kit when playing as
I have to crank up the AUXIN volume to compensate for the bad mix


> tape deck turned too far in one direction and attenuating some of
the 
> signal? You must be using an adaptor for the 1/4" jacks of the 
> module's outputs and the RCA plugs of the tape deck. Is it 
> functioning? Are all of your cables working? I could be overlooking 

I think they are.....I would think I would not be getting anything at
all on the tape if the cables were not connected properly

> something, but maybe something will click. I do think that a
separate 
> mixer is ultimately a more versatile option, but we should solve
this 
> one, at least to some extent. Only something amiss somewhere would 
> cause your problem.

I think trying to borrow a another deck would help me trouble shot
this better...
> 
> Ed