Hi
I've allways been a drummer, while playing the loudest instrument, havinh
trouble hearing my own snaredrum for example.
One thing that really helps (and I learned this from working as an soundengineer)
is pointing the guitarspeaker to where it should be pointed at, the EARS
off the guitarplayer. Normally he (they are allmost certain men) will put
levels down (and I mean way down)
If you want more off this, I need more info. Compressing will help, but what
kind off sounds are you using. Doubling for "real" drums, or trigerring by
pads??
Berk
>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>From: dion olivier <peasantpresents@...>
>Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:36:40 -0800
>Subject: [Simmons Drums] SDS 400 used live in a loud band, any tips?
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I've been using an SDS 400 in my live band for about a year now. We are
>comprised of bass, guitar, and drums, with lots of effects processing on
>the
>guitars. Our stage volume is rather loud [ working on that, heh ], and we're
>tying to figure out some ways to boost the volume of the SDS 400. We run
>triggers on our acoustic drum kit: floor tom, hi tom, low tom, and kick.
>The
>kick and the toms are on the quiet side, it seems the tones themselves are
>rather soft. Unfortunately our drummer has not been playing for long and
>his
>touch can be erratic, causing the SDS 400 to not always trigger properly
>and
>I have to keep adjusting the sensitivity live. To compensate we run each
>output from the SDS 400 into it's own input on a rack mixer but this still
>leaves much to be desired. We are wondering if anyone has any suggestions
>for live mixing with these units to get a consistent, loud output and if
>anyone has used compressors, specific EQing, limiters/enhancers etc on their
>kits live?
>
>Thanks, Dion
>
>--
>late young
>+++
>
>
>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>