Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Any suggestions as to a good onstage monitor to use.
We are currently using a foldback wedge with a 12" speaker with a 
horn driver.(Unknown Brand) 
While this wedge is good for vocals and other instruments the dynamic 
range of the Drum sounds often exceeds the speakers capabilties 
(especially when more than two voices are used at once)plus the way 
this wedge colours the sound is not too good.
They say front of house sounds really good but what I get is pretty 
ordinary. 
We run a mono house mix, output from the DTX head of course is mono 
and the return from the desk to foldback amp is the same. 
I also get 2 Keyboards(Roland Epiano + Synth), vocals and songleader 
into this monitor.
We now don't have a big onstage sound (this was one of the reasons 
for getting the DTX)so all I'm really looking for is something that 
will give a decent drum sound without the need to blow everybody else 
away.
Any suggestions??

Hey checkup on the Roland KC-500
www.ricksmusic.com
its a 15" keyboard AMP (these a recogmended for edrums) anyway the 
15" speaker and the horn driver are what it sounds like you need, the 
KC-500 offers theses! Check it out.

John


--- In DTXpress@y..., davidoz@f... wrote:
> Any suggestions as to a good onstage monitor to use.
> We are currently using a foldback wedge with a 12" speaker with a 
> horn driver.(Unknown Brand) 
> While this wedge is good for vocals and other instruments the 
dynamic 
> range of the Drum sounds often exceeds the speakers capabilties 
> (especially when more than two voices are used at once)plus the way 
> this wedge colours the sound is not too good.
> They say front of house sounds really good but what I get is pretty 
> ordinary. 
> We run a mono house mix, output from the DTX head of course is mono 
> and the return from the desk to foldback amp is the same. 
> I also get 2 Keyboards(Roland Epiano + Synth), vocals and 
songleader 
> into this monitor.
> We now don't have a big onstage sound (this was one of the reasons 
> for getting the DTX)so all I'm really looking for is something that 
> will give a decent drum sound without the need to blow everybody 
else 
> away.
> Any suggestions??

davidoz@... wrote:

> Any suggestions as to a good onstage monitor to use.
> We are currently using a foldback wedge with a 12" speaker with a
> horn driver.(Unknown Brand)
> While this wedge is good for vocals and other instruments the dynamic
> range of the Drum sounds often exceeds the speakers capabilties
> (especially when more than two voices are used at once)plus the way
> this wedge colours the sound is not too good.
> They say front of house sounds really good but what I get is pretty
> ordinary.
> We run a mono house mix, output from the DTX head of course is mono
> and the return from the desk to foldback amp is the same.
> I also get 2 Keyboards(Roland Epiano + Synth), vocals and songleader
> into this monitor.
> We now don't have a big onstage sound (this was one of the reasons
> for getting the DTX)so all I'm really looking for is something that
> will give a decent drum sound without the need to blow everybody else
> away.
> Any suggestions??
>

 My drummer, (using the DTX drums), and I (vocal and acoustic guitar...
if you can call it that with 3 pickups), have been using in ear monitors
with great results for a couple of years now.

We tried the wireless models, but both came back to the wired ones.

My earbuds (etymotic) come out of the headphone jack of the Mackie 1604,
and my drummer uses a small 8 channel mixer mounted on top of the DTX
brain (perfect size). He takes a feed out of the Mackie and mixes it
with the output from the DTX brain. That way he can get the mix in his
earbuds that he wants. He still likes the Koss "plug" earbuds. I have
offered to buy him some etymotic buds, but he likes his better.

This is just throwing out an idea. But we never have feedback problems,
and I use an AT 4050 condenser mic on stage.

Good luck
   Jim