Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ed, how about Yamaha keyboard amps?  Should be good?  I am 
interested in Roland but I'm also interested in eating.

-UN.H


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 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