Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

hey fellow drummers. can anyone tell me why the cymbals come out too 
hot when running DTXpress in an amplifier as opposed to headphones? 
Is there a different setting or is there a special amp for this set?
thanks for any help.

John E in San Francisco.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "johnnyeckstein2004" 
<johnnyeckstein2004@y...> wrote:
> hey fellow drummers. can anyone tell me why the cymbals come out 
too 
> hot when running DTXpress in an amplifier as opposed to headphones? 
> Is there a different setting or is there a special amp for this set?
> thanks for any help.

Hi John,

From time to time someone will complain that their edrums do not 
sound the same through headphones and amplification. Some of the 
difference is due to variations in an amp's frequency response. Some 
amps emphasize bass, some the midrange, others the treble, and others 
etc. The sonic environment of a room can also add or substract 
considerably from the frequency response curve. A kit will also 
change its sound from stage to audience, side to side, etc. 

Phones are usually pretty flat, with fewer variables to color the 
sound, making them a better bet for how the kit "actually" sounds. 
But if your phones have deficiencies that your amp doesn't have, you 
could be surprised hearing yourself live. The obvious answer in your 
case is to back off on the volume of the cymbals and change the 
frequency cutoff, maybe even use outboard eq if brightness is a 
problem out front. There's no guarantee, however, that the settings 
that you come up with for one place will be exactly right in another.

I'd like to hear the sonic balance of the satellite/sub combination 
that Yamaha recently began selling as a dedicated complement to the 
DTXpress/DTXtreme kits (MDR-50 and 100). No one has volunteered a 
report here as yet.

Ed

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>hey fellow drummers. can anyone tell me why the cymbals come out too 
>hot when running DTXpress in an amplifier as opposed to headphones? 
>Is there a different setting or is there a special amp for this set?
>thanks for any help.
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>John E in San Francisco.
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Hey John
I have found that treble setings both on the amp and in the utiity menu 
make a HUGE difference in cymbal volume. The PA I am using for live work 
seems to adjust treble starting in what i think of as mid-range and a 
small adjustment there makes a very large difference in kit balance. 
This is a very big subjective difference compared to my 'phones. At 
first I tried to fix this using the gain settings for each cymbal pad- 
almost no difference. I have also noted that the high frequencies "beam" 
considerably so it is important to have a monitor facing me as close to 
ear level as possible. Otherwise I am sending a trble-heavy signal out 
to the crowd.
Good luck.

Creighton