Ed:
Discovered last night that the problem appears to be the tweeter in
the amp. Still not certain as to what the outcome will be. Wifey-Poo
loves the e-kit; band members love the a-kit. Stephen loves bits and
pieces of both (but a combined kit is not in the offing).
I have rehearsal tomorrow evening and will use the a-kit and take it
from there.
Stephen
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "brown8700" <brown8700@a...> wrote:
> > Anyway, so we could continue rehearsal, I pulled out the TAMA
> > Starclassics. The guys in the band had never seen or heard them.
> > Guess what? They want me to continue to play the acoustics
becuase
> > the dynamics are so much better; and I have to agree.
>
> Stephen,
>
> By now, you must have figured out what was wrong with the amp
> (crossover, soldering, loose wire, tweeter damage?). The fact that
> you all agreed about the dynamics must mean that the difference was
> obvious, and it's not really surprising, since the DTXpress can
only
> manage a discrete number of steps from softest to loudest
(especially
> with the Pintech meshes connected), compared to the infinitely
> variable range of an acoustic kit. But there are other factors to
> consider. First of all, a larger kit makes a larger psychological
> impact. A lot of people, performers as well as audience members,
> react skeptically about the often compact look of an e-kit,
> especially in a musical setting that's supposed to be BIG, like
rock.
> It's easier to identify with traditional drums. Rock, however, is
the
> least likely style to suffer from a loss of dynamic range. (Maybe
if
> the other members hadn't seen the Tamas, they wouldn't
have "noticed"
> the difference in sound.) That's not to say that dynamic range is
> totally absent in rock music--far from it--only that much of the
> playing does not depend on it. Another consideration is that an
> acoustic kit requires much more effort, expense, and finesse to
come
> across well live--multiple and appropriate mikes, presumably a lot
of
> inputs on the mixer, etc. The extent to which a live acoustic kit's
> amplification/mixing/processing is compromised is the extent to
which
> it loses some of its advantage. All things considered, and
> notwithstandng the obvious tradeoffs--in the studio as well as live-
-
> an e-kit offers more sonic and logistical versatility, as well more
> ease of setup. Moreover, as good as the DTXpress is, it is not the
> last word in electronic drumming; other modules and pads can
> approximate the acoustic experience with more finesse, affecting
the
> balance even further.
>
> I'm just taking the opportunity to muse a little on the matter.
> Obviously, you'll ultimately do what's best for you and your band.
> But the band members won't always have the drummer's best interests
> in mind--musical or otherwise--and what seems right from a certain
> perspective, or in a certain context, won't necessarily be right in
> every conceivable situation. It's not an open and shut case, and it
> might not even require a single answer. But it is an interesting
one
> that raises a lot more questions than might meet eye on first
glance.
>
> Ed
