Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

If you're still having this problem...

Have you checked the attenuation dip switches on the back of the unit? They
should all be in the up position. Down will increase the output.

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pete

> From: toyrobot@...
> 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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