Electronic drums

dav nagle

My friend is moving to LA and he gave me a set of the Yamaha DTExpress electronic drum kit which I have running with BFD 2. Now I am not a drummer but I can play a beat or two. For anybody who hasn't the space for a live room, like a kit or whatever I strongly advise you to consider buying a set.

The set that I got are 5 years old if not more. The pads are hard rubber and the inbuilt sounds are very dodgy.

Nevertheless!

What I will say is that making beats with the feel of a real kit it amazing. I am currently trying to get it to work with Guru, which is an absolutely amazing sounding drum plug in.

Live drums for the win but if you make electronic or pop or you want a real feel check out Rolands V Drums. The HD1 set comes with a mesh pad which gives the player a soft bouncy fabric just like the skin of a snare. These are going for as little as 600.

All I can say is that for pop/electronic I am sold.

MilanPan!c

dav nagle wrote: »

My friend is moving to LA and he gave me a set of the Yamaha DTExpress electronic drum kit which I have running with BFD 2. Now I am not a drummer but I can play a beat or two. For anybody who hasn't the space for a live room, like a kit or whatever I strongly advise you to consider buying a set.

The set that I got are 5 years old if not more. The pads are hard rubber and the inbuilt sounds are very dodgy.

Nevertheless!

What I will say is that making beats with the feel of a real kit it amazing. I am currently trying to get it to work with Guru, which is an absolutely amazing sounding drum plug in.

Live drums for the win but if you make electronic or pop or you want a real feel check out Rolands V Drums. The HD1 set comes with a mesh pad which gives the player a soft bouncy fabric just like the skin of a snare. These are going for as little as 600.

All I can say is that for pop/electronic I am sold.

Recently tried those AR 60s drums with an electronic kit... wow!

Totally considering a set...

then again, I was just recommended TWO Macs to accomplish my whole band vision... Two.

Oh well...

dav nagle

MilanPan!c wrote: »

Recently tried those AR 60s drums with an electronic kit... wow!

Totally considering a set...

then again, I was just recommended TWO Macs to accomplish my whole band vision... Two.

Oh well...

2 macs one for drums and one for synths?

They are amazing though I am learning how to play the drums, they just pull you in once you give it a go.

maccored

over the past four years we've went through two yamaha DD55s, a DD65 and are currently on another DD65. Brilliantly cheap and very handy for midi etc but (depending on how much you use them) they dont last an awful long time. excellent for live webgigs

jtsuited

i've been really tempted to get a set recently. my proper kit is in a studio in town, and anyways i'm living in an apartment now.

the odd time i do get to play my battered old kit, i still really enjoy it.

Echoplex

I have a DTExpress also. The can be found really cheap these days. A friend got one for €200 last week.
The thing has gazillions of sounds, mostly useless.
I created a User Kit, trawling through the sounds and assembling the few that sounded natural to me. The resulting kit is quite impressive.
The rubber pads are quite playable.
The cymbals are much softer physically, i.e. better, than the really hard Roland ones, clack clack.
The DT has a line input for iPod, or whatever you want to play along with.
Add a small mixer, a pod=silent band rehearsal.
DD