Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "ostin67" <ostin@...> wrote:
>
> Hi. Can anyone recommend amplification suitable for a DTXpress 4 kit. I 
> already have a Yamaha monitor system - so I am really looking for a 
> amplifier suitable for playing with a pop/rock type band and not having 
> to use their PA etc. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks
>

when i play live with my dtxpress2 kit i just run directly stereo into
the main board and use a wedge monitor system. making sure that the
stage volume is low is the key.

 ++++Warning!! do not play on a stage that carries vibrations well
with your e-kit unless the stage volume is low!++++  

at some venues, whenever my bass player hit low notes after i hit my
cymbal pads they almost always cut out, this happens when the band is
playing full throttle and guitar amps are too loud as well. a marshall
stack can pack a wallop of bottom end. this sucks and makes it sound
like you are choking all your cymbal crashes. even when the trigger
sensitivity is low, this still happens.  the last time i played live i
switched to my real cymbals and it worked out alot better, but every
now and a gain my snare pad wouldnt trigger some of my roll strokes,
which is annoyin too. 

 these probs  never happen when we rehearse as there is no room volume
really ,  just me tapping the pads and the  dry vocals, as everything
is run into a mixer, no amps, and run into a multi jack headphone
solution box. this way its all coming out mixed well to the solution
box and from there everyone can have the volume they want in their 
phones.  

its all about the front show and making the music sound balanced and
mixed well, all instruments and vocals  should be coming out the front
p.a., so either you have a stage monitor system at a low to mid level
and come out the fronts too, or you get a big ol amp and blast out
stage sound, while the others are coming out the fronts making it so
you have to be cranked to be heard and run the risk of trigger getting
triggered  either on or off by vibrations. 

if the band is worried you are taking up spots on the board, tell them
"hey at least its only 2 lines, instead of 6-8 mics for an accoustic
set-up!"