Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Also gigging with Edrums and often a DI'd guitar. Only using Superior/EZ in studio though as I don't want to gig with a PC.
b1scu1t wrote
How do the sound guys respond? Do they like it or are they kinda annoyed that there's this one band that now wants to do everything differently? And now he can't even boost all the EQ's to death! Haha
Sound guys
love DI. Takes away most of their problems if everyone is DI'd. No feedback, lower stage volumes, less setup time. Every time we use the electronic kit, the venue owner usually says "it's never sounded this good".
And lastly, how easy is it to sort out the drum setup? Do you take away the acoustic kit or do you set up next to it even on small stages?
Speaking for myself with the Roland TD12, it's a dream - we don't even take the kit apart. One person can lift the whole kit easily aside from the pedals (although two people to carry makes it easier to navigate doorways, etc.), and it loads on to the back of my drummer's bakkie (a small 1400 Opel). Get to the gig and we just take it off the bakkie and plop it on stage. I've also got it set up so it is quite compact - more so than acoustic drums.
I've been thinking of getting one of those electric/acoustic kits so it still feels very natural to the drummer
Mesh heads also feel very natural. The response is a bit different with any electronic kit, but it's actually more forgiving (so a bonus for me). Jobecky drums give you the same look as an acoustic kit, which is important in some cases.
Biggest downsides of DI-ing is you have to rely on monitors and you have to have enough power in the PA to handle everything. But FOH sound is improved in most setups and so is monitor sound and stage levels come down.
BTW, you can also use a real acoustic kit and add triggers and sound module for DI-ing. The downside is the acoustic kit still generates noise.
Nice info. It awesome to hear some feedback from people that actually already do this live!
I've asked a couple of drummer friends if they would have a problem jamming on something like the Jobeky drums and they said they wouldn't mind.
Usually many of them are a bit stubborn and refuse to have anything to do with Edrums but if the person can just understand that it's a small sacrifice with a huge reward!
Do the other people not mind that you move away an acoustic kit on stage and bring your own kit? I've had some guys really wanna freak out out when we even mentioned the idea haha
A drummer friend also suggested at that gig on Saturday, the idea of putting triggers on the acoustic kit but yeah like you said, I'm still stuck with the acoustic noise and especially the cymbals. They are just WAY to loud indoors. That still brings a person back to square 1 of trying to be louder than the drums.
I bought a TD-6 about 2 years ago but only the Snare has a mesh head and work good enough for practice but yeah the rubber pads are quite irritating.
I'm defintely gonna get myself one of those Jobeky kits that the drummer can use.
When I got my Axe-FX I thought about the different ways to use it live and how I WANT to use it live.
After I created some tones i was just blown away by the sound through an FRFR setup so I actually was planning to get myself a powered wedge monitor and take one output to the PA and then a another one to my own monitor.
I'm in the process of recording one of the bands that actually played at the gig I went to this past Saturday and today I asked them what their thoughts and also concerns are about bad live sound.
They said they get complaints after almost every gig that people can't hear their music live and the possibility is there that it might discourage fans to not wanna come back to a gig at that same venue in the future, if the sound was too bad for them.
