Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" 
<moosetication@y...> wrote:
> --- boomer535 wrote:
> > Could you list some of your favorite [LAYER]
> > combinations for me to try?
> 
> Well, my all-time favourite tom settings layer MapleXX with 
Room1XX 
> (where XX is replaced by the tom size, so Maple10 layered with 
> Room1Hi and so on). For my rock/fusion I have MapleXX at 115 and 
> Room1XX at 90. I vary the proportions by usage, so Jazz kits have 
> more Maple and less Room1 and so on.
> 
> Stewart

OK, I'm diving into this layering thing too. I'm currently trying 
layering the MapleXX toms with the Room2XX toms. I picked Room2 
because they seem to have a sharper attack and seem louder (maybe 
more compression, I'm not sure). One of the things I've found is 
that when you bring in the 2nd layer, you need to pan it out to the 
proper place. Is this typical: tom1 pan = L19;   tom2 pan = C;    
tom3 pan = R25. Also I see that the tuning on tom2 is C=-2. Also 
tom1 Fc = 0;    tom2 Fc = + 19;    tom3 Fc = +14.  My question is do 
you typically have to adjust all these settings when you bring in 
the 2nd layer, and are there other settings that don't default 
properly on the 2nd layer? A couple of other things I've done is to 
add +30 to all of the Fc's to get a brighter more cutting sound. 
Also on the room2 toms I set the layer balance to +20 for the same 
reason. Hope I'm not overkilling anything here. Any opinions?