Stay whiten your budget. I have had good luck with a behringer model. They have great bang for the buck. As far as the DI box it is defiantly advisable to have something in between the drums and PA, I use a small behringer mixer but I suppose a DI box would be fine. I just prefer having my own drum mixer with me so that I can control my sound a little better. I was also thinking on the amplification subject and a nady xa-700 amp bridged mono provides 700wrms, this would mate good with one of the kustom duel 15" PA speakers (if you only desire mono) this should provide plenty of kick to keep up with a guitar stack and could be had for less than $500. Playing live you could then use that for your monitor and run through the pa. This IS a big heavy speaker to tote but would blow away ANYTHING around $500.
"CAT LAKE (Percussionist)" wrote: dustin howard wrote:
>
> I have found that a compressor helps greatly with what you
> are describing. It helps make the most of what you have by
> smoothing out the peaks and gives you a bit more "loudness"
Any particular recommendations when it comes to compressors?
I've also been recommended to use a two-channel DI box on my kit's output
too as we take it straight into a mixer and then off to an amp and speakers.
Any comments on that?
Regards,
Cat Lake
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