The Direct Source pickup captures the pure acoustic sound of the Gen16 Buffed Bronze cymbals while eliminating feedback, crosstalk, and phasing associated with microphones, making them perfect for live performance and practice. The DCP provides tone shape presets, volume and R/L pan control for up to 5 cymbals while allowing the user to blend external e-drum controller audio and/or an auxiliary audio input. It also has a powerful headphone output for onstage monitoring or silent drumming when using headphones.