Thanks for the info everyone, very pleased to see this community is active.
I am the bass player, and since I used a lot of lowpass / octave down / bass
synth oriented effects I have to be very careful not to invade the spectrum
of the kick and floor tom which are tuned on the SDS 400 pretty low. I've
been experimenting with EQ, but it's hard as we like the bass to be very
subby and felt just as much as heard, along with the drums.
The guitarist also use a lot of effects but mostly in the treblier, more
atmospheric range so we rarely have to worry about him.
Thanks for the compressor model suggestions, any advice on how to set the
threshold / attack / release etc? I'm thinking it might be best to squash
the hell out of the SDS 400 so that every strike on the triggered acoustic
set will always be registered by the SDS. The biggest problem is that the
lighter touch of my drummer on less intense songs doesn't trigger the unit.
I'm going to experiment with running a dual compressor on each output of my
mixer vs compress just the floor tom and kick.
The PA we use in our practice space is similar in power to what was
suggested: a 250x2w power amp with a JBL 2x15 PA cabinet and a Mackie
powered sub. The Simmons kit is definitely very loud through this setup but
at small venues we run into problems using their PAs.
Thanks again.
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Berk Aarts <B.E.R.K@...> wrote:
> Got me a 28 inch bassdrum , keeps the bass player quiet, got me a piccolo
> snare for the guitarplayer and earplugs for myself (20 years already );-)
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> >-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
> >To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> >From: jesper <jesper@...>
> >Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:13:39 +0100
> >Subject: Re: Betr: [Simmons Drums] SDS 400 used live in a loud band, any
> >tips?
> >Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
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> >
> >Berk Aarts skrev 2010-12-07 09:10:
> >> 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)
> >
> >Oh yes!
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> >If there's one book you should put on your wishlist for christmas, it's
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> >this one: http://mixingwithyourmind.com/
> >Plenty of useful hints and not just "tricks" but also all the psychology
> >
> >behind how we experience and hear sound. I loved it.
> >
> >Or, alternative B: kick the guitarist!!!
> >
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