Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I had this problem with the DTXpress on my first live gig.
Sound Engineer Daniel Speed was tearing his hair out trying to mix the sound
because all he was getting was bass drum.
The Dtxpress has a high and low tone adjustment function, which would have
reduced the problem.
It seams the issue is with the amplification, not the brain samples.
Best advice I can give is to reduce the output level of the kick drum sample
in the voice menu, I'm sure there must be one in your DS12.

Just like you, through headphones it sounded fine, but through a PA, OMG the
bass took your head off.

I have no experience of the DS12 so I can't be any much more use, but much
sympathy goes out to you.

-----Original Message-----
From: toyrobot@... <toyrobot@...>
To: DTXpress@egroups.com <DTXpress@egroups.com>
Date: 21 November 2000 03:04
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Problems with kick drum volume when recording (a
little long)


>I like the set, but until I can solve this problem, I cant do much
>with it. I don't play particularly hard, and yes, it happens with all
>the kits, though some more than others depending on the sample.
>throough headphones it sounds fine, and I've been pretty forced to use
>them, since I can't play it through my regular system without risking
>damage to speakers or amp or both. There has o be something not set
>right, but I've itialized the unit... I don't know...
>
>
>
>--- In DTXpress@egroups.com, pdk <pdk@t...> wrote:
>> Joe,
>>
>> Welcome to the list. There are a few of us non-Xpressers here,
>myself
>> included (DS10), and we're allowed to post as long as we don't make
>fun of
>> the red stabilizer have-nots.
>>
>> Bizarre kick problem. I can't say I've seen anything like that (I
>assume
>> your brain is DTX v2) and I've plugged my kit into a mixer and my
>400 watt
>> peavey PA a hundred times without any problems.
>>
>> Do you find this problem with all the preset kits or just some of
>them. And
>> is it true for whatever kick sound you select? What's it like
>through
>> headphones?
>>
>> For some strange reason I've always preferred to plug my RCA jack
>into the
>> aux port on the kick tower instead of the main one. You might try
>that.
>>
>> Apart from the explosive kick, how do you like the kit?
>>
>>
>> pete
>>
>>
>> p.s.: Maybe you've just got an incredibly strong right leg, like a
>world
>> class cyclist or field goal kicker.
>>
>>
>>
>> > From: toyrobot@j...
>> > Reply-To: DTXpress@egroups.com
>> > Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 00:23:27 -0000
>> > To: DTXpress@egroups.com
>> > Subject: [DTXpress] Problems with kick drum volume when recording
>(a little
>> > long)
>> >
>> > I hope this isn't off topic, there doesn't seem to be an
>equivalent
>> > group for the DS-12. I bought this set so I would have a kit to
>record
>> > with at home. Just plug it in to the mixer and go. Trouble is, the
>> > kick drum sound on every single kicj is insanely loud. Just
>turning
>> > the kick sound down doesn't really help, because the peak is so
>high
>> > it needs to be turned down too much and the kit sounds awful.
>There's
>> > just this incredible peak at the very start of the waveform. The
>first
>> > time I used it, I blew the fuses in my main power amp, and this
>was
>> > NOT at a high volume. I've also tried to send the kick to an aux
>> > output to deal with it seperately on the mixer, but the process
>needed
>> > to do this is ridiculously complcated, and frankly doesn't seem to
>> > work very well (Why they couldn't have made this easier, and
>GLOBAL,
>> > so that it would change all the outputs for all the kits at the
>same
>> > time I don't know).
>> > On the other hand, maybe I'm just an idiot, if anyone can tell me
>what
>> > I'm doing wrong, I would appreciate it.
>> > Joe
>
>
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