Ignatius J. Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 So Die Hard's thread got me to notice there are a few drummers on this board, so I figured I'd ask around. I've been playing drums for a while, but I moved into an apartment this year, and can no longer practice..... So I'm thinking about getting an electronic kit. I've got about a grand to drop on a setup, but I'd be starting from scratch. While I want it mostly for practicing, It would be nice If it was good enough that I would not be embarrasses to take it out in public. Does anyone have any advice before I go to guitar center this weekend and bang around on whatever they have available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 www.musiciansfriend.com Go to musiciansfriend and check out the stuff they have. As a guitarist that plays drums, I wish I had bought an electronic kit because it's easier to record and not as loud, however, if I were a drummer, you wouldn't catch me dead playing out with an exclusively electronic kit.... That's just me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezings81 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Just go to Guitar Center and bang around on whatever they have available. Only thing is, they don't have a good selection. They might only have like 3 kits, but you should get a good idea of what they can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezings81 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 You should also checkout... www.swee****er.com or www.zzsounds.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Code, If used in public it would probably be in hybrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Originally posted by Ignatius J. Code, If used in public it would probably be in hybrid Then that goes from gay to cool...:point2sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezings81 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 The $2000 and up electronic kits are for studio use and playing out if you want. The DDrum is really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 cool, thatnks for the links geez, I had not heard of those places. Since this is mostly a practice thing, I really don't want to go up to 2G, so that see,s to knock out the ddrum, which does indeed look really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 They have kits as low as 800 from what I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morning Wood Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Just a quick suggestion... Musician's Friend has a 5 piece kit from "Hart" that is reasonably priced (around $700 I believe) and comes with an Alesis DM5 brain. It also has mesh heads instead of the rubber coated boards that most kits in that price range have. Mesh heads give it a MUCH better feel. I have one and highly reccomend it. We've used it for demo recordings with very good success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 yeah, the prodigy Hart kit has piqued my curiosity and am glad that someone endorses it, because it is really in my price range. Can you tell me, what is the hi hat pedal like? Does it allow for multiple levels of splashiness, or just open/closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I played with a guy who used a hybrid set-up. We were kicking ay-asssss! Until he moved away.... Honestly one of the coolest musical collaborations I did was with this guy. He worked in this delayed tom and reverse-reverb effect on his snare from time to time. I twas pretty schweet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morning Wood Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Originally posted by Ignatius J. yeah, the prodigy Hart kit has piqued my curiosity and am glad that someone endorses it, because it is really in my price range. Can you tell me, what is the hi hat pedal like? Does it allow for multiple levels of splashiness, or just open/closed? Unfortunately Iggie, that would be my one complaint. No, it doesn't have separate hat sampling for mutiple levels of open/closed. Its pretty much either clamped or open. Although, the DM5 does have some open sounds that are decent variations of opened hats. All in all though, for the dough it ain't too shabby of a deal. At least as good (if not better) than comparable Roland or Yamaha kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 Does anyone know if all hi-hats are like that? Can you upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 Update: First thanks for all the help. I went to guitar center yesterday and played on three kits. The Yamaha TXIII express, the roland TD3, and a really fancy one that was WAY out of my price range. I liked the TXIII a lot. Unlike the Hart, the hi hat pedal has full expressiveness, which is really nice. The brain is really fancy too, although the feel of the pads was only okay. The roland was the cheapest roland makes and really was not up to par. So I may go back this weekend to buy a kit and hae basically narrowed it down to two sets: http://www.riksmusic.com/Roland/vtour.htm and http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,6373,CNTID%253D28264%2526CTID%253D214800,00.html the roland has the mesh snare head which is nice. Also the brains on these things come with sequencing, which gives me more stuff to play allong with, and also allows me to listen to parts that I play after I play them. All in all pretty good deals for under $1500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Cool... Let us know what you get and what you can do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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