Roland DDrum

JJSolutions

Has anybody got any experience with the Roland DDRUM TD-6K, thinking of getting one as im starting a new band, getting it an accoustic kit may be a bit too much hassle (practicing, transport etc) what is the reaction time like, is there much hassle with repeating sound / setup issue?

Töpher

i have a roland v-drum td-6 kit, (is that the one you are refering to?!?!?!)

its incredibly impressive for bieng a basic model of electronic drums! sounds are good, and easy to change to suit yourself.

my only minor problem would have been the kick drum trigger, which does not have as good a response as an acoustic bass drum (HOWEVER... if you master fast work on it, when you play an acoustic bass drum you can play even better!), but it is still very playable with! i replaced it with a kd-80 trigger for when i bought an iron cobra double kick! Took some saving up for!

the thing to remember though if buying an electric kit, it does not come with an amp or speakers, its great for indoor practice by yourself as ya can plug headphones in and noone else can really hear it, for band practices you'll need an amp, or good PA system. I use the roland 60W keyboard/percussion amp, does the job, for live gigs when the volume is going to be cranked an acoustic kit is better, as the louder (in terms of "live" volumes, for practice it's great!) you crank it, the more synthetic some of the noises begin to sound. Plus, the power behind a good acoustic set is unbeatable! yarr!

JJSolutions

Its the blue one (the cheaper one) with black pads as apposed to the one with the white skins which kind of look like drums,

Its only going to be basic drumming nothing fast or fancy, i dont think the bass drum pedal comes with it - so is the pedal you got better than the one that is a part of the kit? previous bands i have been in were always with acoustic drums but we always had problems getting a decent drum sound were were plaing through a dynacord p3+p5 system.

Does the drums only take up one channel on the desk?

Töpher

yeah, thats the one i have, blue frame, black 8" pads, so everything i said above is relevant!

and they can take up either one or two channels, up to yourself, mono or stereo.

i used to use a pearl eliminator pedal with it, cuz ya don't get one with it, but now i loves my iron cobra!