Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "vap19592000" <vap19592000@y...> 
wrote:
> I have this adventurous idea of hooking up a GOOD quality DUAL band 
> (left channel and right channel) graphic equaliser to my existing 
> setup....just to experiment, if I am able to "TWEAK" the final KIT 
> sound output. Perhaps to add some brightness to my drum voices or 
kit 
> sounds. I am using a ROLAND "KC500", for amplification. The final 
> output is fed to the band mixer, from the KC500.
> 
> Has anyone experimented with a GOOD GRAPHIC EQUALISER? If so, 
> 
> 1. Which particular EQUALISER would be a good choice?
> 2. How will the EQUALISER connect between the DTXpress and the 
KC500? 
> and finally
> 3. Does the equaliser introduction IMPROVE the sound?

I'll be the sacrificial purist here. My feeling is that equalization 
is valuable only as a last resort when something is definitely wrong 
with the sound, either because the source hardware/software is  
faulty, or the room is diminishing or intensifying certain 
frequencies. Otherwise, everything placed in the path of the original 
signal is yet another way to degrade the signal, and the typical 
equalizer is a prime offender in that regard. Granted, no room except 
an anechoic chamber can offer flat response (and certainly few 
components), but identifying and correcting room-related troubles is 
not a simple search and destroy procedure. Of course, you are always 
free to tinker and experiment with sound, and it can be a gas, but 
don't assume that you won't thereby introduce new problems. If the 
original sounds are deficient, the gain from equalization will make 
them even more pronounced. I told you that I was a purist.

One way to approach this issue is to get a decent mixer with a few 
bands of eq for each channel. It might be overkill to run only the 
stereo output of the DTXpress through it, but it might come in more 
handly if you connect a CD player etc. to it and/or add a second 
module or other instruments. You'll have more control over relative 
levels, effects, and equalization if you need/want it. As an example, 
I currently use a Yamaha mixer to handle four to six channels from my 
ddrum module and two from a Yamaha module, as well as a CD player and 
anything else that becomes necessary. I generally listen through 
headphones and add no equalization at all.

Ed