Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks ed, thats exactly what I was looking for.  Basically I need 
an amp to play along with my guitarist friend while he records into 
my computer.  After that we'll just switch and I'll lay down the 
drum track.  It sucks that I can't play while he's recording like 
he'd like me to.  I guess these amps you talked about would work 
well in my room then eh?  I was also curious about the live 
situation.  What about the band just practicing in a garage?  The 
amps you mentioned should work ok there right?  Thanks!!

-UN.H



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> Hi UNH,
> 
> How goes it? This old timer no longer has to worry about playing 
> through anything but a board and headphones, but I've had an 
> interest in sound for a long time. You certainly don't need an amp 
> marketed solely for e-drums to get decent sound quality. A good 
> keyboard amp would do, but what you need for e-drums live--
assuming 
> high quality parts in the amp and speaker sections, is as much 
power 
> and as much size in the woofer, or subwoofer, as your wallet and 
> physical space can afford. Keyboard amps usually have the 
advantage 
> of a wide frequency response, translating into a punchy, deep kick 
> and shimmering cymbals. A ten-inch woofer can be sufficient for 
some 
> purposes, but a fifteen is better. If the speaker and power are 
> clean but not too big, you can still get a pleasing sound out of 
> them. The kick might still have punch, though not much depth. A 
lot 
> of home and/or portable stereos feature this sort of sound, and 
most 
> people don't know what they're missing until they hear it for the 
> first time. A drummer, however, might not be able to get away with 
> thin sound in a band situation, though, depending on the kind of 
> music and the kind of room. 
> 
> I've played the Roland Session set in a live situation with the 
> dedicated PM-3, and although I liked what I heard, it simply 
doesn't 
> have enough authority to survive a live setting with a lot of 
space 
> and people, especially in competition with the drummer's natural 
> enemy, the guitarist. The satellites are rated at 50W and the bass 
> section, with 10-inch woofers, at 100W. I think that the KC-500 
> keyboard amp, rated at 150W, would have basically the same 
problem. 
> At home, you'd sound like you were in a stadium; in a stadium, 
you'd 
> sound like you were at home playing with two boxes of Q tips stuck 
> in your ears. Live, you could certainly use both of these amps as 
> personal monitors. It's hard to know exactly how to supplement 
them 
> without knowing the venue. That's why it's always safest to have a 
> group PA that can handle any situation. It's easier to adjust 
1000W 
> downward if necessary than to get 150W to make a big noise that 
> anyone would want to hear--that is, if they could hear it at all. 
> Remember also that 200W doesn't play twice as loud as 100W; it 
takes 
> 1000 to do that. The safest thing to say is that you need as many 
> watts and inches as you an afford and hope for the best.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven" 
<realvast@s...> 
> wrote:
> > Is it vital to have an amp made for e-drums to get the best 
sound 
> > out of your e-drums?  I mean you could also use a keyboard 
right?  
> > Also, how much power would (watt wise) would the amp need to 
have 
> to 
> > sound good in a live situation?  Thanks!
> > 
> > -UN.H