Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Chris,
No problem on the bio. It's great to see new members signing on and I agree,
it is helpful to have some background.

Science fiction, huh? Ever been a Rush fan? Haven't seen Neil Peart's name
come up too much in this forum but he, along with Bill Bruford, was one of
the first non-new-wave drummers to adopt e-drums into his kit and play them
on stage unashamedly. Anyway...

Speaking of digital recording, if you are ever hung up on anything in this
area, there are some genuine experts on the subject on this list (definitely
not me) and much help in the archives as well.

Good luck with your new band.

Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: ChrisM@... <ChrisM@...>
To: DTXpress@egroups.com <DTXpress@egroups.com>
Date: Saturday, September 09, 2000 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [DTXpress] New User - Headphone Levels


>
>HI Richard
>
>DTXpress@egroups.com (Richard C. MacDonald) wrote in
>
>>If you want the gory details on headphone volume, go through the
>>archives of the list. It's been a popular subject.
>
>Ah. At the time, I had simply subscribed to the list - I didn't realise
>the archive was available. Now found, thanks to you, and skipped through.
>
>Seems to me that the "headphones level" in my subject was superfluous.
>All you needed to know was that I was a new user, and you could predict
>what topic I would raise first <g>
>
>>1) Make sure the overall kit volume is up to 127 (manual page 47)
>
>Had found this already, but thanks.
>
>>2) Get some quality, enclosed headphones. I bought some
>>Sennheiser HD200's for under $100 and it changed everything. Plenty
>>loud. You'll use 'em on your home and portable stereos as well.
>
>Sure. My current headphones are enclosed, as I prefer that type, but are
>not anything special - Technics consumer-level phones. Looks like I need
>to go shopping for something a bit better - having taken in the good
>advice upthread about impedence levels and such.
>
>OK, while I am here, a bit about myself. I am 41, and an amateur
>musician, living just north of Peterborough. Up to now, my main
>instruments have been 12-string acoustic guitar and vocals - I play with
>an existing band, Patchwork (2 x acoustic guitars, bass and keys/flute,
>no drums!), with gigs just a couple of times a year (we play my own
>compositions, which are largely science fiction oriented, so tend to play
>sf conventions). The frequency of these gigs suit some of the band, but I
>want to do more.
>
>Recently the bass player needed to put together a scratch 70/80's cover
>band, and needed a drummer - he suggested that as a guitarist I have
>always had a good sense of rhythm, and did I want to give it a try. It
>really appealed to me, as I am very much the front man in Patchwork, and
>I liked the idea of a more regular band that I could sit at the back and
>just enjoy playing.
>
>So, as I mentioned, we have bought an acoustic kit between us (as he also
>plays drums - he just prefers bass), and I have now just gone for a
>DTXpress, having picked up a good secondhand deal.
>
>We intend to use the DTXpress in the following ways:-
>
>a) Practice, both in absence of acoustic kit, and late at night.
>
>b) Recording. I have a small home studio with digital recording, and it
>will be a lot easier to record percussion from the DTXpress than miking
>up the acoustic kit. Not only that - I have the option of recording via
>MIDI, and fixing my fluffs, while keeping the 'real' feel. Whether this
>technique is just used for my draft demos, or for recordings we intend to
>release, remains to be seen (based on the results we get), but it'll at
>least make the first creative effort easier.
>
>c) To augment the live kit - i.e. hanging a couple of pads off the kit
>with electric tom sounds or whatever.
>
>Hope this hasn't been too boring - I often think it helps to know who you
>are talking to.
>
>Chris
>
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