Electronic Drums

[aaronperry10]

What is yalls opinion on electronic drums?

[Talos]

Acoustic kits are better for the feel and the sound. You can also add stuff to acoustic kits so it wont look strange, it would look weird if you had an electric kit with Zildjian cymbals and an add on tom wouldnt it.

[aaronperry10]

Acoustic kits are better for the feel and the sound. You can also add stuff to acoustic kits so it wont look strange, it would look weird if you had an electric kit with Zildjian cymbals and an add on tom wouldnt it.

Im glad you said that. Actually, you can add on electric drums to an electric set and get different cymbal pads and all of that. I have a good feel for acoustic sets for performance but when it comes to practicing, I want to get me an electric set.

[JamesXKillXyou]

yea i hear you on that. its not always the greatest time in my house to play drums. so if i had an electronic set oh boi... =) would be so awesome to double up practicing.

[Talos]

Im glad you said that. Actually, you can add on electric drums to an electric set and get different cymbal pads and all of that. I have a good feel for acoustic sets for performance but when it comes to practicing, I want to get me an electric set.

You but you run out of ports eventually, you can only add on one cymbal and one drum or something and thats it. Then you have to buy a new module which is like £500-£600

[aaronperry10]

You but you run out of ports eventually, you can only add on one cymbal and one drum or something and thats it. Then you have to buy a new module which is like £500-£600

Thats true but you can also buy a module expasion and that is a little cheaper but hard to find. I've seen one at a church that I go to. They have a 10 Piece electronic with high hats, two rides, 2 crashes and a splash.......it must have cost a lot but i guess it was for the church band.

[Trev]

I'm having to resort to buying an electronic kit in order to carry on drumming at university. Although when I get back I can merge the two, which could lead to interesting results I'm sure.

[Voodoo]

I have a set of rolands. And I don't try to compare my acoustic set with my e-set. I play the electronics when I'm practicing by myself or playing along with a CD at my apartment. If I want to add onto my set, I do. For practice, I only need the basics.

[toat.toat.taot]

I enjoy them for just messing around on and playing along to low-quality jazz samples.

[pabster]

What is yalls opinion on electronic drums?

E-kits are AWESOME. I had an acoustic kit years ago and don't get me wrong, I loved it, but people hate the noise and it was too bulky to lug around and to deal with the mics etc. Once I got an e-kit I could not believe I could practice quietly with a headset. And I can hear extreme detail of songs now and found I was playing many of them wrong when I had the acoustic set.

And when I want to go play elsewhere the whole thing fits in the back seat in one piece (just pull each leg off). Plug that baby into an amp and it sounds awesome. I play with several guitarists and bassists and they all love the way it sounds. No mics needed either.....just feed one output cable into an amp to play and record too.

Plus I added multiple pads upgrades and added sounds to those so I have lots of variety. ANd I just upgraded to a electronic moving hi-hat....feels and plays exactly like the real deal. Never again will I consider an acoustic kit....simply way too many advantages with the e-kit. BTW I have the Roland TD6S which was $1300 new. There are kits way more expensive.....I can't imagine how awesome those must be!

[fishbulb]

I really don't like e-cymbals, never feel right. especially hi-hats, any type you get it feels so mushy.

Also, only get mesh heads, i despise those rubbery tom pads.

[Swiftay]

yes! i have electronic, they are sexcellent for practicing. but yeah, if you can afford it, replace the rubber heads with mesh, it feels much more real.

ALTHOUGH! the rubber pads are nice for rudiments because you can really hear each stroke well, with the sound off, that is. But it's also kind of cheating for double strokes and what not, because they are so bouncy.