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Re: [DTXpress] Proud New Owner

2000-08-17 by Richard C. MacDonald

Until you start layering voices, which can really fatten up any sound, check
out the "Room" tom sounds (T, #75-78), tune them to your preferred pitch,
and add some reverb for a quick, nice tom setup. I recently added some
reverb to my entire "rock" kit and it really helped.

Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: DrummerB0ui@... <DrummerB0ui@...>
To: DTXpress@egroups.com <DTXpress@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [DTXpress] Proud New Owner


>It is good to know that I don't have to give up the comfortableness of the
>acoustic set just yet. I spent several hours last night setting at the kit
>exploring and trying voices. Have you found a voice that works well for
toms?
>All the ones I was using sounded electronic and not that good wood sound. I
>tried the Maple selections but it was a little hollow. Is it an issue of
>tuning or reverb level?
>
>Thanks for the letter. I looked at your site yesterday as I was scrolling
>through the message archives. It had no meaning until I was actually
sitting
>at the set and recognized some fine tuning points from your tips section.
>
>Take it easy,
>
>Scott
>
>
>
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