Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

My guess is that if everyone agrees to play nice together, the amps 
could work fine in a practice situation. For your room, they would 
be far more than adequate; they could easily get you kicked out of 
college, an apartment, or even your parents' house. If I needed an 
amp for home, I'd probably think seriously about the Roland PM-3 or 
even a Roland mono keyboard amp, though I hate Roland for its 
prices. The JBL options (Eon) are good, too, and I'm sure a lot of 
other keyboard amps are as well, though I'm not familiar with all of 
the varieties. 

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven" <realvast@s...> 
wrote:
> 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