Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

thanks!  great feedback. i hadn't even checked the volume of the kit.  i 
reset it to the factory settings...do you know if the kit is 127 at the 
factory setting.  i'll check it when i get home.  thanks again.


At 02:44 PM 3/29/04 +0000, you wrote:

>--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Joel Pollock <joelp@n...> wrote:
> > i am new to the dtxpress and have a few basic problems.
> >
> > main volume:  the main volume seems very low.  the aux volume and
>the
> > volume of the songs and pre-programmed drums can be cranked up nice
>and
> > loud.  but i have the main volume turned all the way up and the
>drums are
> > so low ...even when i turn the other volumes down.  i even went in
>to some
> > of the drums and cranked their volume to 127...still very low. any
>ideas?
>
>William is right, I think. If maxing the volume of the kit at 127
>near the end of the Voice Edit Mode doesn't get the levels up
>sufficiently, you  might have take other measures. If getting the
>levels relatively matched is more important than getting loud per se,
>you could simply reduce the volume of songs until they match the
>volume of the kit. But if your headphones aren't able to shut out
>extraneous noise at that volume, you might consider getting a
>headphone amp, which would allow you to exceed the capacity of the
>little one in the DTXP. You don't have to spend a lot of money (in
>fact, I have a little Rolls headphone amp, which increases volume by
>20 db, lying around; contact me privately if you're interested).