Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I'll take a stab at an answer here, since I've been the sound engineer
that moans about this sort of thing on occasion! (see attached picture!
:)

darren said:
> Am I right in saying that there is no way of assigning drums to
> discrete outputs, so that (for example) you can let a live engineer
> balance your kik and snare the way he feels is right from front of
> house?

As far as I can tell, there is no "discrete" output for each sound from
the DTXpress module. All is not lost however, as Some ideas you could try
would be:

1. Place just the kick (or snare) on LEFT and then all other drums on
right output. This would give the engineer control of at *least* one drum
to set balance.

2. You could use the midi out from the DTXpress to trigger a secondary
kick/snare drum sample from a keyboard or some other MIDI device that has
discrete outputs that you could then feed into the snake (4 outputs,
kick, snare, then a stereo mix of the toms/hats etc).

3. And lastly, you can place the DTXpress module in "live" mode and then
use the knobs on the front of the DTXpress module to push the kick and
snare up or down during playback as per the engineers request/your taste.
Of course, the engineer could sneak up to your riser and tweek those
knobs himself if you make the module available towards the side or back
of your kit. :)

Also, as a point of reference, for live performance I would suggest you
have some sort of Amp/Speaker combo setup behind you or near you so the
band can get the "feel" of a central beat to help keep everyone together.
If not, you will need to have a pretty good monitor system to provide
everyone with the drums. :)

Vern

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