anyone have an electric drum kit?
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I've been thinking of getting an electric kit for quite a while now and wondered if any phers have an electric kits any any reviews/opinions of said kits.
I have a Premier Artist Birch kit back at my mums which i love, but space and volume limitations means I cant have it at my place in the city. Originally i'd only been looking at Roland V-drum kits, basically because thats all i'd really ever heard of. This morning however i popped into my local drum emporium, who have a great reputation and selection and they had kits by a company called Alesis. I said i'd never heard of them and the guy gave me a brief overview of them. I had a go on the Alesis DM8 pro kit and i have to say it was fantastic. proper drum heads, with actual skins, fantastic interface module with room for expansion and a solid and robust build and all for £499! this is the kit here http://www.alesis.com/dm8prokit so if anyone has any info that would be great
I have a Premier Artist Birch kit back at my mums which i love, but space and volume limitations means I cant have it at my place in the city. Originally i'd only been looking at Roland V-drum kits, basically because thats all i'd really ever heard of. This morning however i popped into my local drum emporium, who have a great reputation and selection and they had kits by a company called Alesis. I said i'd never heard of them and the guy gave me a brief overview of them. I had a go on the Alesis DM8 pro kit and i have to say it was fantastic. proper drum heads, with actual skins, fantastic interface module with room for expansion and a solid and robust build and all for £499! this is the kit here http://www.alesis.com/dm8prokit so if anyone has any info that would be great
I've just recently sold on a Roland TD6 - great piece of kit but I'm looking to upgrade to a TD12 or similar.
For practice they're great and I did record and gig with mine (being able to turn the volume down does have its advantages....).
A friend of mine who's a drummer has the Alesis and swears by it - tbh I think that with the standard of electronics now, as long as you buy a known make then you're going to get a quality item.
Probably stating the obvious but an electronic and acoustic kit play very differently - but you get used to it very quickly and I found the sensitivity of the bass drum pad on the Roland required you to be very accurate to not pick up 'ghost strikes' which in turn benefited my playing on the acoustic kit.
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For practice they're great and I did record and gig with mine (being able to turn the volume down does have its advantages....).
A friend of mine who's a drummer has the Alesis and swears by it - tbh I think that with the standard of electronics now, as long as you buy a known make then you're going to get a quality item.
Probably stating the obvious but an electronic and acoustic kit play very differently - but you get used to it very quickly and I found the sensitivity of the bass drum pad on the Roland required you to be very accurate to not pick up 'ghost strikes' which in turn benefited my playing on the acoustic kit.
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Alesis have been around a long time, have done some brilliant stuff in the past.
I had an Alesis DM10 pro kit but sold it to upgrade some cymbals for my acoustic kit. Quality wont be an issue, and for the stuff you get id say its probably best value for your money. Might be worth checking out the Roland td6k aswell, also good kits but have been out a while now.
No electronic kit will touch an acoustic kit in terms of dynamics and feel but they are ok for a bit of fun and practice.
I had an Alesis DM10 pro kit but sold it to upgrade some cymbals for my acoustic kit. Quality wont be an issue, and for the stuff you get id say its probably best value for your money. Might be worth checking out the Roland td6k aswell, also good kits but have been out a while now.
No electronic kit will touch an acoustic kit in terms of dynamics and feel but they are ok for a bit of fun and practice.
I use the Roland TD-12s at uni and as previously stated it's not the same as playing an accoustic kit obviously, but for practise they're great, again as stated they're okay for recording, as you can get patches so it sounds like :insert your favourite drummer here's kit:. The only thing is even if you don't have the heads that tight it does feel like the kit is built up of DCI marching snares 
. Can't comment on any other makes or brands as the TD-12 is the only one I've played.
. Can't comment on any other makes or brands as the TD-12 is the only one I've played.Gassing Station | Music | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff