Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hey Draker, welcome to the group and welcome to a great, fun, e-
kit!  A couple of days ago I asked about the very same Behringer 
KX1200 amp and I got some bad feedback!  I was told that brand was 
known for bad dynamics.  There is distorting and such!  Its a good 
deal but the sound isn't worth it!  I can tell you a keyboard amp 
would be best to handle an electronic kits dynamic range, but try 
brands such as Yamaha, Roland (expensive, but good!), and Peavey.  I 
myself am now looking at Yamaha and Roland keyboard amps.  What kind 
of purpose will the amp serve once you have it?  Are you going for 
practice in a little studio or playing live?  Because the amp you 
need may need more or less power depending on its use.  There are 
some amps made especially for e-drums such as that new, red, huge 
amp by Roland but it costs $850.00.  That thing is about as big as 
the kit itself!  You can also check out the Roland KC series amps 
too.  I know some other users on here use those and can provide you 
with more information.  Look at a couple of posts back, the thread 
was titled "another amp question."  There is good information within 
in that thread.  

-UN.H



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "draker2003" <draker2003@y...> 
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am a new owner of a DTXpress kit -- pretty cool! This is a great 
> site - thanx to those who helped launch it. A couple of Q's:
> 
> 1) Specifically, if anyone has it, how can you make the hi-
> hat "schwooop" sound -- where you would on an acoustic set hit the 
hi-
> hat, open, and there's a delayed schwoop sound, completed with a 
> clean, clear sound of the hi-hat closing. I've tried to adjust the 
> footpedal, and it often misses the closing sound -- and not nearly 
as 
> sensitive as it should be. I have upped the "sensitivity" 
settings, 
> but can't find any discernable difference. Ditto for any DTX model 
> adjustments. Please - provide settings -- as the manual was 
obviously 
> written by a techie who doesn't play drums. It would have been 
better 
> if they went drum pad by pad and told you how to dial in good 
sounds, 
> etc.
> 
> 2) Any good amps that you would recommend? I saw a Behringer 
KX1200 
> advertised in Musician's Friend site -- 120W keyboard amp, 3-way 
bass 
> reflex cabinet housing 15" woofer, 5" midrange and tweeter. 4-
channel 
> operation with line inputs and dedicated volume contrdols. 4-band 
> active EQ, too. price was $249 --- is this a reasonable amp to 
use? 
> Other brands/model recommendations? Has anyone tried to use a PA 
and 
> run monitors instead of a stand alone amp? If so, how? I have a 
> Mackie 808 PA that should have enough power if that's an option. 
> 
> Thanks for anyone out there with input. Keep on rockin' - 
Draker2003