Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "epvk_jahoe" <yahoo@e...> wrote:
> turned up the volume as high as I could, including turning up the 
equalizer levels in Utility 
> Mode as high as possible (which has a big effect on the volume 
levels!). All this to 
> minimize the effect of physically trying to compensate for lack of 
sound. Still it's not 
> enough. (Btw this typing doesn't do any good either). 

Some people benefit from a headphone amp, especially if buying one 
would be cheaper than buying a new set of headphones with low enough 
impedance and high enough sensitivity to transmit enough volume. Are 
your headphones adequate to the task, or do you listen through an amp?

> The HART ACU-1ST at drumbalaya also seems to be an interesting 
option for a snare. Too 
> bad they don't ship the Yamaha RHP80's to Europe, that one I would 
really like to try. The 
> ones I found on European websites are rediculously expensive. If I 
recall correctly from 
> earlier posts, dual zones don't work with the DTXP module (or will 
the " magic box" even 
> solve that problem)? 

I can't vouch for the compatibility of the Hart snare with the 
DTXpress. Once upon a time, Hart snares couldn't extract any volume 
from the module because of the location of the pickup. People have 
told me that the situation is different now; I just don't know 
firsthand. The Yamaha RHPs, having been discontinued years ago, are 
now in very short supply. Drumbalaya seems to have received the last 
batch from Yamaha's warehouse. It's a nice drum if you can find it. 
Dual-zones work fine in theory through the Xpress, depending on other 
matters of compatibility. Usually people will run the snare through 
input 2 and the rim through 9/10. That way, the snare position is 
retained for the factory kits.

> I use the set for practice only so I would guess that getting an 
acoustic hihat is not such a 
> crazy idea. I think I'll try. 

But only if you play through an amp. With headphones on, you won't 
hear it.

Ed