Hi all,
I have concluded that despite the Genos being the best arranger out there, it is very difficult to get the Revo kick drums to sound right on bigger sound systems. I spent the better part of three weeks restructuring all my song styles to Custom styles. In doing so, I changed all the kick drums from their typical boomy sound to a sample that was more flat and contained no “kit resonance.” Sadly, that was almost impossible with the Revo kick samples. They all have that resonance you often hear when a kick is struck and its sound triggers some echoing in the rest of the kit. This is very annoying! On bigger systems like mine, it creates a boomy effect. Musically, it violates the basic rule that a kick drum should be felt and not heard. I played a bigger show yesterday and the sound was better but still boomy. The same ringing occurs with the Toms. Those samples have an exaggerated ringing to them that totally competes and distorts the bass track.
The only way to eliminate the problem is to choose a different kick but none of the Revo kits offer a dry kick. Is there a way to add the kick from a Legacy kit? This is a very annoying problem. It's horrible to be in the 5% of players who need to get rid of this issue. I even thought of trying to EQ the problem away but the EQ functions on the Genos are very limited. I think Yamaha never intended the Genos to leave the living room!
Another nice feature would be a decent drum editor. I used the Style Creator but it’s very clunky for mass editing and creation, and requires 10 times the amount of taps to get anything done. Are there any other apps that would work well – keeping in mind, I need to audition the edits at the same time. If Mix Master would work, I would need to learn it. It's a great program but its GUI is cluttered and difficult for me to navigate.
That's a lot to ask but your thoughts are most appreciated. Thanks.
