Electronic Drum Kit

Thread should be in Music & Box Office really, but i'll try and help anyhow :)

What is the purpose of the kit? Is it to learn at home, or will you be using it live too? Electronic kits come at several price points now, so you can pick up a decent kit for practice without breaking the bank.

As with any musical instrument, try and go test one at at a local music shop. Also try some acoustic kits, so you can judge the feel between them.

I have jammed/gigged with a couple of guys who use electric kits, and they're alright to be honest. You also get the advantage of a volume knob :D
 
yeah forgot about the music & box office bit ( a mod will probs move it anyways


yeah i want to learn at home i never played the drums before in my life but i would to start .

And like i said before i don't have sound proof room and so a normal kit may be to loud and as i never played before it will sound crap lol
 
very good, depending on which one is bought obviously. the best features are, you can emulate any drum sound on them using midi triggering.
 
Set a budget, thats the only real thing to consider with electric kits. Can only really help from there.

They're good for what they do - drum practice that doesn't disturb, can produce some good sounds providing you buy a decent enough one.
 
I missed this thread. I have a Roland TD6-XK.

There's a few things to consider when getting an electronic kit:
* Metronome - it should have this as a minimum!
* sound of the drums themselves in the module (the sound rather than the number of kits)
* stable stand!
* trigger zones per surface - for pads and cymbals
* chokable cymbals - can you mute them by holding them.
* audio out for headphones
* midi out - see note later
* audio mix in - for playing along with your favourite tunes on the headphones.
* kits available

Also check:
* if you get a bass drum pedal (usually you don't)
* drum throne as usually you don't.

I'd go with closed back headphones and any small amp will not give enough bass.

Now onto the fun part - MIDI.

It's worth noting that if your drumkit has MIDI you can use it to trigger a MIDI software package to create the sound so the drum sound isn't as important if you have MIDI out on the 'brain'.
It's worth it's weight in gold in my opinion.

My TD6 has a good range of kits for my needs but even TD20 players often use VST Sample libraries with sounds that have been created and packaged professionally. The result is that you can have a sound better than a TD20 with a kit far cheaper.
A midi-usb cable is reasonably cheap and you should have a look around at software for your computer (I use OSX so I don't know what's out there for windows/vista, sorry).

The lack of features such as choke, rim or single-zone pads will limit what you can do but in reality if you've not played the drums before it's going to be a while before you get to that.

I have to say I've not heard of "Session Pro" but I have heard of the DM5. It looks like out of those kits only the DM5 Pro has MIDI out by the looks of it.

When you get your kit - make sure you get a bass pad patch or you'll wear through the pad itself with the felt pad hitting constantly.
For sticks - have a look at 5A or 5B (slightly thicker/heavier). I use Vic Firth Hickory 5B which has a wood tip. Hickory soaks up a lot of the vibration.
 
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