question to anyone that has done live gigs w/ electronic drumkits?

[ApolloSpeed]

I'm really digging my Alesis DM5Pro kit!

Anyways, we might be doing a couple shows here and there once or twice a month. Nothing major.

Just wonder what's the best deal for electronic drums as far as monitors and what not.

I was thinking maybe buying a Behringer b215a and run it out the DM5 Left output......and then running the Right output to the club PA system? And if I did this, I'm sure I would have to have all the drums panned in the center....but that shouldn't matter alot right?

Would this be a good solution without breaking the bank? Or is there a different approach?

 

[doc_backmask]

For small venues I don't think panning edrums would make that big of a difference, but I wouldn't know.

BTW, the link to 660guitars is a placeholder page. What happened?

 

[ApolloSpeed]

still trying to get the .com site up again. I have a myspace for now. http://www.myspace.com/660guitars

Anyways, I was thinking the panning wouldn't be a big problem either. I tried it last night on my home theater stereo, and it sounds good panned or not.

As for powered monitors, I'm thinking I don't wanna spend anything over $400. So that leaves me with:

Behringer b215a (400watt, 51 lbs) =$280
Carvin Lm15a (350rms, 39 lbs) =$400
Peavey PR15p (270 rms, 41 lbs) =$400
JBL Eon 15p-1 (180 rms, 47 lbs) =$450


I like the behringer for the price.....and the Carvin is nice too for the watts and weight, and I hear Carvin is good stuff!

Any recommendations for what I'm trying to do hear?

 

[Sloan]

I played with and recorded a cover band where the dude used an oldass Roland TD-7 kit. it works fine, but i don't really see the appeal.

 

[ahjteam]

I'm really digging my Alesis DM5Pro kit!

Anyways, we might be doing a couple shows here and there once or twice a month. Nothing major.

Just wonder what's the best deal for electronic drums as far as monitors and what not.

I was thinking maybe buying a Behringer b215a and run it out the DM5 Left output......and then running the Right output to the club PA system? And if I did this, I'm sure I would have to have all the drums panned in the center....but that shouldn't matter alot right?

Would this be a good solution without breaking the bank? Or is there a different approach?

If you don't insist on getting a floormonitor, I would suggest wired in-ear monitoring as it really much much cheaper option and a lot less noisier one too. And especially if you play to a click, you must use the inear anyways. I am have been a house engineer in a few venues for the past seven years and have seen that drummers use some small earbuds and a small mixers (usually Behringer/Mackie) with 1-2 XLR inputs and some TRS inputs. I have Behringer Xenyx 1002 for this use myself, works like a charm.

http://www.behringer.com/1002/index.cfm?lang=ENG

For routing run the drummodule outputs to a DI-box, and link/thru to inputs on your mixer, then put the click to a TRS-channel and get an XLR-input from the monitor/FOH-mixer of the other instruments. This way you have more control than getting just one XLR input from the mixer.

So what do you need?
- The mixer
- In-ear buds, I suggest you get atleast one backup pair in case they break (seen this many times)
- Four short (1-2ft) TRS cables to connect the triggermodule to DI and the DI to mixer and one for the click if you use one.
- One XLR-cable for the return from the FOH/monitor mixer, I suggest 20-30ft long
- Two DI-boxes (this one is optional, and just for the case if the venue doesn't have them)

Without the DI-boxes and backup-cables/earbuds you can get that set easily for ~$150

 

[ApolloSpeed]

I played with and recorded a cover band where the dude used an oldass Roland TD-7 kit. it works fine, but i don't really see the appeal.

electric kits are soooo fun. And the best part, you can turn the shit down to a reasonable level at practice. And lightweight too.

I went ahead and bought the Carvin 15" Powered Speaker......it comes with a built-in 3 channel mixer, EQs, rca-1/4-xlr in/outs, 39lbs, 3 year warranty, and made in the USA....which is rare:Smug:
I've had some friends tell me Carvin is good stuff, and this will be my first Carvin product.....hopefully all goes well.

The in-ear thing is a good idea, but I wanted something that I could take to small events just incase they had a worthless PA, or none at all And it will be great for practice too.

 

[Sloan]

haha.
they're fun to mess around on, but i seriously just keep going through the sounds nonstop because i always think there's gonna be one that's BETTER. It's just like channel-surfing with gay drum sounds. Also, SOUND EFFECT KITS UUUUUUUGGGGH

 

[Metaltastic]

Dude, that's the story of my life with my Podxt