Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi there I'm looking for information about amplifing my kit with the 
cost of amplifiers being what they are i have no interest at all in 
buying an amp which isn't going to do the trick. going through the 
hassels of returning an amp because it doesnt sound good enough isn't 
what i'm looking forward to either.does anyone have a really good amp 
that they are using which will give my kit the sound i'm looking for 
without costing a fortune?What i've been thinking of buying is a powerd 
speaker (behringer B215A or simular)200 watts 15" speaker with voice 
coil.anybody tried this yet and if so what are the results?what i want 
is a kit that sounds as close to an acoustic kit as possible at levels 
which will compeat with a marshal stack when practicing in the garage 
because we all know those primadona guitarists just won't leave the 
volume knob alone for more than half a song at a time.(usually about a 
quarter note into the song)     thanks geoff

Geoff,

I have a similar powered speaker from Thomann "The Box" which has a
15" bass speaker and 200W to the bass and 100W to the tweeter I think.
 It seems loud enough, but it does clip due to the bass when cranked
up.  It doesn't seem to do any harm and sounds ok, but the clip light
flashes.  It seems that the bass soaks up a fair bit of power before
it sounds "too" loud.  So, depending on how deep your pockets are and
what type of music you play, you might need to look for a bit more
power for the bass unit.  I just educated the guitarists to turn
their's down.

Having recently bought an acoustic kit, one thing I noticed is that
the acoustic kit is way louder than I can get my DTXpress through the
amp/speaker, but then that is serious earplug territory.

Keith.

What about just running the drums through the PA
system?  You would also in theory get a better stereo
pan on the drums that through a single channel amp.

Dave S.

--- geoffhewitt99 <geoffreyhewitt@...> wrote:

>  Hi there I'm looking for information about
> amplifing my kit with the 
> cost of amplifiers being what they are i have no
> interest at all in 
> buying an amp which isn't going to do the trick.
> going through the 
> hassels of returning an amp because it doesnt sound
> good enough isn't 
> what i'm looking forward to either.does anyone have
> a really good amp 
> that they are using which will give my kit the sound
> i'm looking for 
> without costing a fortune?What i've been thinking of
> buying is a powerd 
> speaker (behringer B215A or simular)200 watts 15"
> speaker with voice 
> coil.anybody tried this yet and if so what are the
> results?what i want 
> is a kit that sounds as close to an acoustic kit as
> possible at levels 
> which will compeat with a marshal stack when
> practicing in the garage 
> because we all know those primadona guitarists just
> won't leave the 
> volume knob alone for more than half a song at a
> time.(usually about a 
> quarter note into the song)     thanks geoff
> 
> 



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From: "geoffhewitt99" <geoffreyhewitt@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: [DTXpress] dtxplorer amplification


> Hi there I'm looking for information about amplifing my kit with the
> cost of amplifiers being what they are i have no interest at all in
> buying an amp which isn't going to do the trick. going through the
> hassels of returning an amp because it doesnt sound good enough isn't
> what i'm looking forward to either.does anyone have a really good amp
> that they are using which will give my kit the sound i'm looking for
> without costing a fortune?What i've been thinking of buying is a powerd
> speaker (behringer B215A or simular)200 watts 15" speaker with voice
> coil.anybody tried this yet and if so what are the results?what i want
> is a kit that sounds as close to an acoustic kit as possible at levels
> which will compeat with a marshal stack when practicing in the garage
> because we all know those primadona guitarists just won't leave the
> volume knob alone for more than half a song at a time.(usually about a
> quarter note into the song)     thanks geoff
>
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I run my dtxtremeII thru a 6 channel Yamaha mixer/PA
(emx66m)and Yamaha BR15's and I like the result. Plus
I can use the PA for other things as well to help
justify the cost.. like DJ'ing.
And for larger gigs, you can use this setup as drum
monitors, and just feed the house PA with your mix.

just my two cents :)

--- David Scarponi <dlscarponi@...> wrote:

> What about just running the drums through the PA
> system?  You would also in theory get a better
> stereo
> pan on the drums that through a single channel amp.
> 
> Dave S.
> 
> --- geoffhewitt99 <geoffreyhewitt@...>
> wrote:
> 
> >  Hi there I'm looking for information about
> > amplifing my kit with the 
> > cost of amplifiers being what they are i have no
> > interest at all in 
> > buying an amp which isn't going to do the trick.
> > going through the 
> > hassels of returning an amp because it doesnt
> sound
> > good enough isn't 
> > what i'm looking forward to either.does anyone
> have
> > a really good amp 
> > that they are using which will give my kit the
> sound
> > i'm looking for 
> > without costing a fortune?What i've been thinking
> of
> > buying is a powerd 
> > speaker (behringer B215A or simular)200 watts 15"
> > speaker with voice 
> > coil.anybody tried this yet and if so what are the
> > results?what i want 
> > is a kit that sounds as close to an acoustic kit
> as
> > possible at levels 
> > which will compeat with a marshal stack when
> > practicing in the garage 
> > because we all know those primadona guitarists
> just
> > won't leave the 
> > volume knob alone for more than half a song at a
> > time.(usually about a 
> > quarter note into the song)     thanks geoff
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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dustin howard wrote:
>
> I have found that a compressor helps greatly with what you
> are describing. It helps make the most of what you have by
> smoothing out the peaks and gives you a bit more "loudness"

Any particular recommendations when it comes to compressors?

I've also been recommended to use a two-channel DI box on my kit's output 
too as we take it straight into a mixer and then off to an amp and speakers. 
Any comments on that?

Regards,
Cat Lake

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David Scarponi wrote:
>
> What about just running the drums through the PA
> system? You would also in theory get a better stereo
> pan on the drums that through a single channel amp.

That's exactly what we do in both bands I perform with.

We've had some fantastic feedback from our audience who said it sounded so 
much better balanced and was just like listening to a live recording rather 
than a *loud* concert.  :-)

Regards,
Cat Lake

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'Princess of Percussion'  ~  www.catlake.net
Bodhran  ~  Bongos  ~  Djembe  ~  E-Drums
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