Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Well, here goes, I bet I am goinmg to regret this. This is my second 
gig with the DTx 3.  Small venue and camera was quite close to the 
band so sound is a bit distorted.  Hope to get a better quality clip 
in the future.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/aeron.kirczey/transfer/Mustang%
20Sally.wmv

Link won't work for some reason - maybe its just as well!

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
<aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> 
> Well, here goes, I bet I am goinmg to regret this. This is my 
second 
> gig with the DTx 3.  Small venue and camera was quite close to the 
> band so sound is a bit distorted.  Hope to get a better quality 
clip 

> in the future.
> 
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/aeron.kirczey/transfer/Mustang%
> 20Sally.wmv

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" <aeron.kirczey@n...>
wrote:
> 
> Link won't work for some reason - maybe its just as well!
> 

It does work if you piece together the link.  Or use:

http://tinyurl.com/6q7s4

Keith.

Link worked fine for me.. all I can say is LOUDER DRUMS!! :) I used to
have a T-shirt that said "More ME in the monitor!" though... ;) Good job!
looks like you're having fun, and thats what counts!

Vern

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> Well, here goes, I bet I am goinmg to regret this. This is my second
> gig with the DTx 3.  Small venue and camera was quite close to the
> band so sound is a bit distorted.  Hope to get a better quality clip
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--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
<aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> 
> Well, here goes, I bet I am goinmg to regret this. This is my 
second 
> gig with the DTx 3.  Small venue and camera was quite close to the 
> band so sound is a bit distorted.  Hope to get a better quality 
clip 
> in the future.
> 
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/aeron.kirczey/transfer/Mustang%
> 20Sally.wmv

Aeron,

Always liked that song. Nice groove. I agree with Vern, more drums
but more vocals, too. Hey, a question: I noticed that you seem to
have adopted the Charlie Watts style of not hitting the hi hat and 
snare simultaneously. Was it because of a shared purist sensibility, 
or because snare and hi hat sometimes refuse to play nicely together? 
(I deleted my original reply, because I couldn't remember the exact 
time signature that you were playing. Apparently, 4/4 and its 
variations are too complicated for me.)

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
> <aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> > 
> > Well, here goes, I bet I am goinmg to regret this. This is my 
> second 
> > gig with the DTx 3.  Small venue and camera was quite close to 
the 
> > band so sound is a bit distorted.  Hope to get a better quality 
> clip 
> > in the future.
> > 
> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/aeron.kirczey/transfer/Mustang%
> > 20Sally.wmv
> 
> Aeron,
> 
> Always liked that song. Nice groove. I agree with Vern, more drums
> but more vocals, too. Hey, a question: I noticed that you seem to
> have adopted the Charlie Watts style of not hitting the hi hat and 
> snare simultaneously. Was it because of a shared purist 
sensibility, 
> or because snare and hi hat sometimes refuse to play nicely 
together? 
> (I deleted my original reply, because I couldn't remember the exact 
> time signature that you were playing. Apparently, 4/4 and its 
> variations are too complicated for me.)
> 
> Ed

Ed,

Yes I know the mix sounds pretty bad, but it is mostly because the 
built in microphone on the camcorder just couldn't cope with the 
volume so close to the band.  It was a very small venue.  The 
automatic volume level control in the camcorder would close down the 
volume often, you may notice that during portions of less vocals and 
less guitar, the drums come through much louder and this is how it 
sounded live.  Recorded the whole gig but want to do a better job, 
perhaps I will try in a practise session to get the recording better.

As you may recall, I have been having trouble with the snare not 
triggering, after pointing all external speakers etc. away from the 
snare and tinkering with rejection settings, it seems to have been 
sorted out.  I think I may also have been suffering with the wedge 
monitor that I was using having difficulty in producing all the 
sounds at the same time (if that's possible) because when I go 
through the main PA all sounds fine.

The most recent thing I have noticed is that the open hihat sound is 
too quiet, hence not hitting snare and open hihat together.  I have 
now increased the volume on the open hihat so next gig should be 
better.

Aeron

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@k...> wrote:
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> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
<aeron.kirczey@n...>
> wrote:
> > 
> > Link won't work for some reason - maybe its just as well!
> > 
> 
> It does work if you piece together the link.  Or use:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/6q7s4
> 
> Keith.

Keith,

OK let me in on the secret - how does one do a tiny url?

Aeron

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
<aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> OK let me in on the secret - how does one do a tiny url?

I don't think Keith will mind if I take the question. Go to this site 
for tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
<aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:

> Yes I know the mix sounds pretty bad, but it is mostly because the 
> built in microphone on the camcorder just couldn't cope with the 
> volume so close to the band.  It was a very small venue.  The 
> automatic volume level control in the camcorder would close down 
the 
> volume often, you may notice that during portions of less vocals 
and 
> less guitar, the drums come through much louder and this is how it 
> sounded live.  Recorded the whole gig but want to do a better job, 
> perhaps I will try in a practise session to get the recording 
better.

I remember recording practices in the early 80s on a portable 
cassette deck with a built-in condensor mic. Every so often the 
automatic limiter would kick in and change everything. God, we were 
happy with it at the time.  But we finally got a Studiomaster four-
track board, which was unbelievably good. I wish Studiomaster still 
made something at that level.
> 
> As you may recall, I have been having trouble with the snare not 
> triggering, after pointing all external speakers etc. away from the 
> snare and tinkering with rejection settings, it seems to have been 
> sorted out.  I think I may also have been suffering with the wedge 
> monitor that I was using having difficulty in producing all the 
> sounds at the same time (if that's possible) because when I go 
> through the main PA all sounds fine.
> 
> The most recent thing I have noticed is that the open hihat sound 
is 
> too quiet, hence not hitting snare and open hihat together.  I have 
> now increased the volume on the open hihat so next gig should be 
> better.

Right, I remember now. I wonder if the Bose PAS would help to 
minimize the effect of sound waves from monitors on the DTXpress (and 
DTXtremeIIS). Maybe I'll be able to tell. I will be using a 
DTXpressII module, in addition to ddrum, in my audition. I've already 
had an inquiry from a business in the UK about getting the rights to 
sell the PAS there (even though I don't work for the company, only 
have contact with the PAS designer). Maybe sometime in the not too 
distant future edrummers will get a chance to try it out for 
themselves.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
> <aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> > OK let me in on the secret - how does one do a tiny url?
> 
> I don't think Keith will mind if I take the question. Go to this 
site 
> for tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/
> 
> Ed

Thanks Ed - just tried it with one more clip (last one honest!)

http://tinyurl.com/3kwvh

The link isn't 'live' at the moment, hope it becomes live when I 
post, otherwise I am doing something wrong.

Aeron

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "swanseadrummer" 
<aeron.kirczey@n...> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ed - just tried it with one more clip (last one honest!)
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/3kwvh
> 
> The link isn't 'live' at the moment, hope it becomes live when I 
> post, otherwise I am doing something wrong.

It worked. Sound was slight better this time, though we still need to 
give the drummer some. Nice flourish at the end. Man, are you 
nonchalant. Thanks for posting the clips.

Ed