Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
> <aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> > 
> > Well, here goes, I bet I am goinmg to regret this. This is my 
> second 
> > gig with the DTx 3.  Small venue and camera was quite close to 
the 
> > band so sound is a bit distorted.  Hope to get a better quality 
> clip 
> > in the future.
> > 
> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/aeron.kirczey/transfer/Mustang%
> > 20Sally.wmv
> 
> Aeron,
> 
> Always liked that song. Nice groove. I agree with Vern, more drums
> but more vocals, too. Hey, a question: I noticed that you seem to
> have adopted the Charlie Watts style of not hitting the hi hat and 
> snare simultaneously. Was it because of a shared purist 
sensibility, 
> or because snare and hi hat sometimes refuse to play nicely 
together? 
> (I deleted my original reply, because I couldn't remember the exact 
> time signature that you were playing. Apparently, 4/4 and its 
> variations are too complicated for me.)
> 
> Ed

Ed,

Yes I know the mix sounds pretty bad, but it is mostly because the 
built in microphone on the camcorder just couldn't cope with the 
volume so close to the band.  It was a very small venue.  The 
automatic volume level control in the camcorder would close down the 
volume often, you may notice that during portions of less vocals and 
less guitar, the drums come through much louder and this is how it 
sounded live.  Recorded the whole gig but want to do a better job, 
perhaps I will try in a practise session to get the recording better.

As you may recall, I have been having trouble with the snare not 
triggering, after pointing all external speakers etc. away from the 
snare and tinkering with rejection settings, it seems to have been 
sorted out.  I think I may also have been suffering with the wedge 
monitor that I was using having difficulty in producing all the 
sounds at the same time (if that's possible) because when I go 
through the main PA all sounds fine.

The most recent thing I have noticed is that the open hihat sound is 
too quiet, hence not hitting snare and open hihat together.  I have 
now increased the volume on the open hihat so next gig should be 
better.

Aeron