Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "coachman6666" <coachman666@a...> 
wrote:
> Hey thanks ed! 
> 
> DO you think the 50watt yamaha system will be enough?  I am going to
> be playing with maybe 10 people in practices....
> I have seen the 100 watt version too but its about 500 bucks...
> 
> I just saw the yamaha machines on there site so I was wicked happy,
> but it doesnt seem like it would get that loud you know,, I need it 
to
> get fairly loud...

It's hard to tell whether it would be loud enough. If you had the 
money, I'd say spring for the larger version. If you really want to 
go as loud as possible but can't afford the kind of PA that would be 
worth the expense, the other option is to get the keyboard amp with 
the biggest woofer (15 inches) and highest wattage (300 or so) that 
you can find--maybe even used, but be careful. If you see something 
on ebay, check with us, or someone you trust, about whether the 
seller and the unit are trustworthy. Volume is hard to get on a 
strict budget.
> 
> Now, about the hi hat.... Maybe mine is defective, but it is 
seriosly having a hard time
> registering my foot movement...  It is hard to explain but it thats
> not my main problem... My main problem is the volume of the hat pad
> and the foot pedal...  My gosh it stinks even with the volume at the
> max!  I even uped the trigger volume all the way but it sounds 
cheesy
> when it gets loud, and also there isnt much selection on hat sound 
in
> the memory, which is why I want to get my computer hooked up!
> 
> As I said, mine might be defective, and ive heard the cables that 
the
> dtxpress comes with are crappy so this could be a concern too.

The quality of the cable is not an issue pe se, although your stereo 
cable might have some internal damage. You could have a defective 
controller; the volume level shouldn't be that bad, although it isn't 
great, anyway, as I recall. If you could be more specific about the 
numerical voice and trigger settings that you're using, as well as 
the offset and sensitivity values, we might be able to make a 
definitive call on it. 

Ed