Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jay" <jayluv6@y...> wrote:
> Yeah, i know this topic has been beaten into the ground. but i'm 
looking for some 
> different info. my band has switched to all headphones. all 4 of us 
wear them now, so the 
> only thing you hear when you walk into our "studio" (actually it's 
just a shed in my back 
> yard. heh) is the sound of really terrible singing and sticks 
hitting 8 inch rubber pads. 
> hehehe. but i digress...
> here's the problem: we all wear cans, but we want the ability to 
adjust the levels of each 
> instrument independently without affecting the mix being recorded. 
i've heard about a 
> headphone distribution system that can do it, something connected 
by ethernet cables? 
> does anyone out there use something like this? anyone have any 
brilliant suggestions? it is 
> almost surreal playing this way. it's like we're listening to a 
perfectly mixed CD when we 
> jam. it's nice and all, but sometimes we all want to hear our own 
instruments scream 
> above the noise and confusion, sort of like when you're playing 
with REAL amps and REAL 
> drums ;)

I don't know anything about an ethernet system that can adust 
relative volumes, but there seems to be at least one unit that can 
take a mix from eight inputs and allow a subordinate mix to each of 
eight different outputs: http://tinyurl.com/29xr6. Is this something 
like what you have in mind? 

Ed