OK, tell me why I need a Yamaha EAD10

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I definitely need to get into the meat and potatoes portion of the module and create my own scenes. I just haven't had time to. The scenes I use most are Arena with the reverb backed off a smidge, plate reverb and the heavy and solid rock scenes. I don't change much while I'm playing but may change that as I get more into it.
 
Dan, have you had any problems with feedback in a live setting?

Thanks, gabo
 
From the "It never hurts to ask" files: I go into my local GC. I'm not in there a lot and typically purchase small ticket items when I am there, yet these guys remember my name and the same staff has been there for years. So I check out the one EAD in stock. After a bit, I ask if they can do anything to help offset the sales tax that I wouldn't have to pay if I bought on line. The local tax rate here is 8.5%. So I was hoping they could maybe split the difference and knock off $25 or so. Instead, they found a 20% coupon code so I saved about $100 off of the full price + tax. It was almost to the penny of what I got selling some gear on Sunday. Feeling pretty good about asking the question, something I'm not too good about doing normally.
 
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gbow said:
Dan, have you had any problems with feedback in a live setting?

Thanks, gabo
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Only on the low rider scene. I didn't use it.
 
xsabers said:
From the "It never hurts to ask" files: I go into my local GC. I'm not in there a lot and typically purchase small ticket items when I am there, yet these guys remember my name and the same staff has been there for years. So I check out the one EAD in stock. After a bit, I ask if they can do anything to help offset the sales tax that I wouldn't have to pay if I bought on line. The local tax rate here is 8.5%. So I was hoping they could maybe split the difference and knock off $25 or so. Instead, they found a 20% coupon code so I saved about $100 off of the full price + tax. It was almost to the penny of what I got selling some gear on Sunday. Feeling pretty good about asking the question, something I'm not too good about doing normally.
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Great deal man.
 
This thing is very intuitive to jump in and use immediately. It does have some features I wasn't aware of. This biggest surprise so far is the ability to fine tune the mics separately. There is a diagram that shows the coverage area for each mic with an area of overlap. If the left mic is picking up close by and hot sources like snare and rack tom, but the right mic is picking up your floor tom and right side cymbals, you can individually adjust their sensitivity so the sound is more balanced. As I had suspected, you can also adjust the sensitivity of the trigger and also the trigger output volume separately from the mics. There is also an auto function where you play an 8 beat pattern around the kit and it attempts to set the sensitivity and balance. Cool...
 
xsabers said:
This thing is very intuitive to jump in and use immediately. It does have some features I wasn't aware of. This biggest surprise so far is the ability to fine tune the mics separately. There is a diagram that shows the coverage area for each mic with an area of overlap. If the left mic is picking up close by and hot sources like snare and rack tom, but the right mic is picking up your floor tom and right side cymbals, you can individually adjust their sensitivity so the sound is more balanced. As I had suspected, you can also adjust the sensitivity of the trigger and also the trigger output volume separately from the mics. There is also an auto function where you play an 8 beat pattern around the kit and it attempts to set the sensitivity and balance. Cool...
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See, already you know so much more than I do and you've had it, what, one day? Awesome!
 
DanRH said:
This thing is very intuitive to jump in and use immediately. It does have some features I wasn't aware of. This biggest surprise so far is the ability to fine tune the mics separately. There is a diagram that shows the coverage area for each mic with an area of overlap. If the left mic is picking up close by and hot sources like snare and rack tom, but the right mic is picking up your floor tom and right side cymbals, you can individually adjust their sensitivity so the sound is more balanced. As I had suspected, you can also adjust the sensitivity of the trigger and also the trigger output volume separately from the mics. There is also an auto function where you play an 8 beat pattern around the kit and it attempts to set the sensitivity and balance. Cool...
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See, already you know so much more than I do and you've had it, what, one day? Awesome!
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Ha, I haven't even had the chance to set it up yet. Just read the manual a bit. Oh, I did plug it in and turn it on first and found things to be really straightforward.
 
xsabers said:
This thing is very intuitive to jump in and use immediately. It does have some features I wasn't aware of. This biggest surprise so far is the ability to fine tune the mics separately. There is a diagram that shows the coverage area for each mic with an area of overlap. If the left mic is picking up close by and hot sources like snare and rack tom, but the right mic is picking up your floor tom and right side cymbals, you can individually adjust their sensitivity so the sound is more balanced. As I had suspected, you can also adjust the sensitivity of the trigger and also the trigger output volume separately from the mics. There is also an auto function where you play an 8 beat pattern around the kit and it attempts to set the sensitivity and balance. Cool...
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This is such great info. Thanks!
 
xsabers said:
This thing is very intuitive to jump in and use immediately. It does have some features I wasn't aware of. This biggest surprise so far is the ability to fine tune the mics separately. There is a diagram that shows the coverage area for each mic with an area of overlap. If the left mic is picking up close by and hot sources like snare and rack tom, but the right mic is picking up your floor tom and right side cymbals, you can individually adjust their sensitivity so the sound is more balanced. As I had suspected, you can also adjust the sensitivity of the trigger and also the trigger output volume separately from the mics. There is also an auto function where you play an 8 beat pattern around the kit and it attempts to set the sensitivity and balance. Cool...
Click to expand...
See, already you know so much more than I do and you've had it, what, one day? Awesome!
Click to expand...
Ha, I haven't even had the chance to set it up yet. Just read the manual a bit. Oh, I did plug it in and turn it on first and found things to be really straightforward.
Oh, the manual. Maybe I should too!
 
DanRH said:
This thing is very intuitive to jump in and use immediately. It does have some features I wasn't aware of. This biggest surprise so far is the ability to fine tune the mics separately. There is a diagram that shows the coverage area for each mic with an area of overlap. If the left mic is picking up close by and hot sources like snare and rack tom, but the right mic is picking up your floor tom and right side cymbals, you can individually adjust their sensitivity so the sound is more balanced. As I had suspected, you can also adjust the sensitivity of the trigger and also the trigger output volume separately from the mics. There is also an auto function where you play an 8 beat pattern around the kit and it attempts to set the sensitivity and balance. Cool...
Click to expand...
See, already you know so much more than I do and you've had it, what, one day? Awesome!
Click to expand...
Ha, I haven't even had the chance to set it up yet. Just read the manual a bit. Oh, I did plug it in and turn it on first and found things to be really straightforward.
Oh, the manual. Maybe I should too!



Typically my last resort...
 
DanRH said:
This thing is very intuitive to jump in and use immediately. It does have some features I wasn't aware of. This biggest surprise so far is the ability to fine tune the mics separately. There is a diagram that shows the coverage area for each mic with an area of overlap. If the left mic is picking up close by and hot sources like snare and rack tom, but the right mic is picking up your floor tom and right side cymbals, you can individually adjust their sensitivity so the sound is more balanced. As I had suspected, you can also adjust the sensitivity of the trigger and also the trigger output volume separately from the mics. There is also an auto function where you play an 8 beat pattern around the kit and it attempts to set the sensitivity and balance. Cool...
Click to expand...
See, already you know so much more than I do and you've had it, what, one day? Awesome!
Click to expand...
Ha, I haven't even had the chance to set it up yet. Just read the manual a bit. Oh, I did plug it in and turn it on first and found things to be really straightforward.
Oh, the manual. Maybe I should too!




What is this "manual" thing of which you speak?

I've always done things manually myself. :tongue5:
 
DanRH said:
This thing is very intuitive to jump in and use immediately. It does have some features I wasn't aware of. This biggest surprise so far is the ability to fine tune the mics separately. There is a diagram that shows the coverage area for each mic with an area of overlap. If the left mic is picking up close by and hot sources like snare and rack tom, but the right mic is picking up your floor tom and right side cymbals, you can individually adjust their sensitivity so the sound is more balanced. As I had suspected, you can also adjust the sensitivity of the trigger and also the trigger output volume separately from the mics. There is also an auto function where you play an 8 beat pattern around the kit and it attempts to set the sensitivity and balance. Cool...
Click to expand...
See, already you know so much more than I do and you've had it, what, one day? Awesome!
Click to expand...
Ha, I haven't even had the chance to set it up yet. Just read the manual a bit. Oh, I did plug it in and turn it on first and found things to be really straightforward.

Oh, the manual. Maybe I should too!

RTFM Senior ! :)
 
robthetimekeeper said:
I must say, it doesn't seem too smart to alienate half of their potential customers.
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I agree and am hopeful, but frustrated for the moment. We've seen similar issues with other apps where the second OS version seemed a long time coming. I imagine that developing apps that perform in a similar manner for the end user regardless of the OS, must require a ground up design approach, in essence, requiring two individual and unique designs to get to the same destination. It's gotta be a time and resource issue, not to mention return on investment consideration. I plan on voicing my opinion to Yamaha and hopefully others will do the same, in order to encourage them to press forward with the Android version. I would bet it's in the works and they would have preferred to release both at once, but they also were anxious to get the EAD to market and likely didn't want to wait any longer. Who knows, there may have been a technology race going on with other companies poised to release a similar or competing product. It seems that product development rarely happens in a vacuum and being first is often as good as being best. Being both is a real plus!
 
xsabers said:
I must say, it doesn't seem too smart to alienate half of their potential customers.
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I agree and am hopeful, but frustrated for the moment. We've seen similar issues with other apps where the second OS version seemed a long time coming. I imagine that developing apps that perform in a similar manner for the end user regardless of the OS, must require a ground up design approach, in essence, requiring two individual and unique designs to get to the same destination. It's gotta be a time and resource issue, not to mention return on investment consideration. I plan on voicing my opinion to Yamaha and hopefully others will do the same, in order to encourage them to press forward with the Android version. I would bet it's in the works and they would have preferred to release both at once, but they also were anxious to get the EAD to market and likely didn't want to wait any longer. Who knows, there may have been a technology race going on with other companies poised to release a similar or competing product. It seems that product development rarely happens in a vacuum and being first is often as good as being best. Being both is a real plus!
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From what I understand the app is primarily for creating videos and also putting a click on existing songs? The latter is kinda interesting, although it only works with songs you own (e.g. iTunes) and I couldn't care less about the videos part. Not saying they shouldn't have an Android version, just saying the EAD has a lot of it's functionality there without use of the app.
 
Being an owner and user of the EAD and what I use it for, I have zero interest in using an app. I'm using it as sound reinforcement. Period. Now, back to your regular programing....
 
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