Electronic Drums - good option?

[Nom de ploom]

went to see this baby at lunch time for a little play (i'm no drummer but had a little play). sounded great, the pads were really good and sensitive. Does £525 sound like good value?

it's a surprise present for the misuss

the extra £100 over the pro-sessions one the guy said was justified....

thanks for any advice...

http://www.scheerersmusic.co.uk/showProd.asp?STORE...

[patchst]

My work have one of the DTXplorer's which I've had a play on it ok to play but I prefer my Roland TD-6 which was only £50 more and the mesh snare feels more like a real kit.

[Digby]

Get one of these, at least it won't take up as much room till the novelty wears off

Roland HD-1

http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/drums/electroni...

[splodge s4]

I had a DTXplorer for a couple of years & its a good kit if your starting off. £525 is a good price but pay no attention to the £700 plus rrp, no shop will sell them for that. My usual drum shop has them up at £549 so £525 is pretty good but certainly not a steal. Remember you will also need sticks, base pedal, throne & if you want to play out loud, an amp. See if you can get some of that thrown in.

I say its a good starter kit as if you get the buzz & really get into it you will want a few extra features like mesh head pads instead of rubber, chokable symbols, option for rim shots etc. You may well not be bothered about that & just enjoy jamming to your favorite songs in which case its fine!

I went from the Yamaha kit to a Roland TD9KX & it really is in another world, but so is the price at £1,400ish. The HD1 is an OK kit however it does feel more like a toy rather than a drum kit as its really to small. It only has about 10 built in kits compared to 30ish with the Yamaha & no preset songs, the Yamaha has 22 songs built in. I'd def go for the Yamaha rather than the HD1, even though the HD1 has a mesh snare its just to toyish.

Hope that helps, I really enjoyed my Yamaha & it gave me the buzz to want more. Also its far better than the slightly cheaper kits, if its cheap it means you may well get problems with triggering (for example hitting the pad quickly & its misses some of the beats) This is really frustrating & sometimes leads to you throwing your sticks around the room & walking off in a strop, I never has this with the Yamaha.

[dudleybloke]

dont mean to thread hijack but do any of these kits let you assign your own samples to the pads?

or can i use the kit as a midi trigger to start samples in my sequencer?

[The Riddler]

dudleybloke said:

dont mean to thread hijack but do any of these kits let you assign your own samples to the pads?

or can i use the kit as a midi trigger to start samples in my sequencer?

One of my mates has a rather tasty drum kit, with a few add ons so he can midi-trigger and assign loops ect, I think his TD-20 also has the facility to make or download new kit 'sounds' too.

If you wanna know more drop me a pm and i'll send you his email adress so you can have a chat, i dont know too much about the kit, just love the look of it.



He's recently added 3 more USB mandalas (the blue rimmed things) and a new double pedal. The pedal is a work of art

[GnuBee]

dudleybloke said:

dont mean to thread hijack but do any of these kits let you assign your own samples to the pads?

or can i use the kit as a midi trigger to start samples in my sequencer?

Yes they can - all the brain is is a trigger to MIDI interface. The brains vary by their speed, number of inputs for triggers, and the cleverness of the data they can sense and then turn into MIDI CC messages.

I have a Roland TD10/TDW-1 and only use the onboard sounds for quick practice sessions most of the time I trigger samples within a VST hosted in Logic.

[splodge s4]

Nom de ploom said:

it's a surprise present for the misuss

Did you get it?

[jesusbuiltmycar]

There is always the software option - BFD II as used by Trent Reznor...

http://www.fxpansion.com/

Edited by jesusbuiltmycar on Tuesday 22 December 21:44

[Airbag]

Many apartment dwelling drummers with whom I play gig on legit acoustic kits but have these at home for practise. Not a bad way to experiment or learn parts, but not really an alternative to real drums.