Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> A guitarist friend has suggested that a basic sound mixer would be the
> ideal solution ie plug drums and cd into the mixer and use one pair of
> headphones.I have seen what appear to be simple mixers on ebay but I
> would appreciate any advice anyone might have reference the problem
> and how to connect a mixer if that is the answer.

Yep, your friend is right.  The nice thing is, with the CD player and the 
drums plugged into their own channels, you can adjust the volume 
independently of each other.  What you would do is plug the drums into one 
one stereo channel input or two mono channel inputs and run the CD player 
into another stereo input.  Run your headphones into the phone jack and be 
sure to have your output to that.  That way, if you have the controls, you 
could adjust the frequency response on each channel without affecting the 
others.

I have to do that, as I am profoundly deaf and need to keep the drum set 
sounds out.  I have a pair of hearing aids that are capable of Direct Audio 
Input mode via wire attachments that makes me hard wired into my sound board.  
That way, I can hear everyone else in the band directly through the sound 
board and not worry about the room acoustics, provided I know what the room 
will do to my playing adjustments.


> Regards Terry

-- 
Stephanie Ellison
www.deafdrummer.org

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes 
on all darkness - Nikos Kazantzakis 1883-1957, Greek Writer