electronic drum sets

[hanayalator]

Yea the dtxpress 2 kits have rubber pads. The snare pad has 3 zones (normal, rimshot and rimclick). And one of the cymbal pads include is 2 zone and chokable. The sounds are decent on the dtxpress2. Nothing great but it's ok for the money you're paying. If you're getting an electric set to to mess around and practice quietly then you might wanna check it out. If you want a set for performing or recording you might want to check out the roland v-drums or ddrums set.

[mcraeh]

thanks, yeah only for practice..i will always play acoustics live.

[peter c]

I didn't want to give you the impression
that the DTX2 had mesh. They don't. I hate
the rubber pads. I am going to try some of
these Koby pads, starting with the snare
and then ride-cymbal.

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 12, 2003 03:52 PM: Message edited by: peter c ]</font>

[FlamTriplet]

I would recommend getting a ddrumSE with the cast precision pads with the real heads. This unit also has some excellent acoustic multisamples like the Dennis Chambers Kit, Simon Phillips kit, Madonna's drummer dumped all his electronic sounds from one of her tours for download as well.

The ddrum let's you change sounds as much as you want. And they have so many great snares kicks and toms, that you will find a problem with which ones you want to use, as there are too many great sounds to choose from.

Also, the ddrum has the fastest trigger response of all the units as it is an analog trigger interface, instead of digital like all the others.

The only thing is the hihat controller could be better for the foot, but what the hay, this unit blow all the othes away in sounds and feel. [img]graemlins/pizza.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 13, 2003 01:09 AM: Message edited by: FlamTriplet ]</font>

[mcraeh]

thanks for all the info on this !!! i played a couple electronic sets at a sam ash and i'm gonna have to be old school on this one and stick to acoustic drums...i know it would take some time to get used to them but luckily i got a cool wife who doesnt mind when i shed on the acoustic drums!!!! damn, i've been saying old school alot lately!!!!

[FuseU1]

FT is right about the ddrums. I have the ddrum3 [w sampler] kit & it is the fastest triggering-wise & has the most dynamic levels of any e kit. The pad/heads also feel the most like a real drumhead when struck. I also have the Roland TD10 Vdrum Pro kit - it has some great sounds, but the feel of the mesh head is not one that i recommend, as it will effect your playing feelwise on a real kit [almost TOO bouncy - sure, it feels good for the 10 mins. that u get to play on them in a music store, but...], & it has a slight millisecond delay in the firing of the trigger...plus CHEAP plastic rack mount parts [tightened with METAL bolts/screws/nuts - a sure recipe for disaster if u r not careful]...& once u have everything positioned on the rack, if u want to move something, u have to move, slide, & remove other stands etc if u want to get at something [like a mount that has snapped/broken [img]eek.gif[/img] ]...for the price you pay for one of these kits, you think they could splurge a little on the common necessary parts.
You could actually make your own makeshift e kit with a little forethought & ingenuity...get a decent brain on the market, & old drumkit shells [or buy a cheap or used or portable type kit] w inner foam padding cut to fit the inside of the shells for dampening [or the mesh heads, if u need real quietness], by some decent triggers, & clothespin old towels to your cymbals, or mount drum shells up & use them w triggers as cym pads...PVC piping or whatever's out now, perhaps[?!], if u need a rack...sounds a little ridiculous i know, but it will prob save u a BUNDLE of moolah...
If u r willing to spend the cash, then the ddrum is THE WAY to go - brain & then pads.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 17, 2003 10:20 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>

[five eight]

Gadd says you play the drums, not the pads. Two weeks ago I heard Weckl say the same thing. If you live in an apartment that's rough but Weckl said he built himself a drum rise like a sandbox filled with sand to counter the low end and stuffed every drum on his kit full of bath towels to kill the volume. He admitted they sounded awful but the true feeling of playing drums remained even in the middle of the night in an apartment. Call me old school but realistically not all of us are dumping sounds into computers or playing in the huge Madonna-sized rooms. E-kits serve a very real purpose but THEY'RE NOWHERE NEAR AS FUN TO PLAY AS REAL DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS.

Fuse is right about minute triggering delays and the e-kits fucking with your feel.