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June 24th, 2008, 04:47 PM
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Whats your thoughts on Electric drum kits....
Are electric drum kits worth buying compared to normal drum kits? i am thinking of starting drumming and was wondering about electric drums, do they take up less space?, can you pack them away easily?, do they perform the same?, do they cost less? etc etc and any recommendations on starting drum kits electric or normal?
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June 24th, 2008, 08:38 PM
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Covered With Sores
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mechanicsville, MD
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they sound odd but are convenient. in my opinion, the only ones that sound good are the $5000 ones
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June 24th, 2008, 11:00 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: North of Atlanta GA
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E drums and acoustic drums don't feel ANYTHING alike.
If you get a good set of electrics, you can download software like DFH:S and have real sampled drum sound. That is the best way to go, if you need to go electric.
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June 26th, 2008, 08:36 PM
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If you're serious about drumming you will end up buying more than one kit. A cheap electric kit based on an Alesis DM5 will sound pretty decent (the hats will sound a little unnatural but usable), the best thing about electrics is you can put on headphones and play 'em night and day. So I would say go with electic first, work on your skills and save up for a monster set of acoustics when you're ready to go on tour.  |
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June 27th, 2008, 12:52 AM
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My friend just got an electric kit. He has BFD2 and Easy Drummer. So overall it's pretty badass. Plays well, sounds good. Cymbals sound a little weird, but good stuff.
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June 28th, 2008, 11:16 PM
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they sound like crap. they feel like crap. no aesthetics. BUT they're very conveniant.
me personally, i think i would be a ten times better player if i had gotten an electric kit. why? cause you can play it, whenever you want, just chuck smoe headphones and play. they also have nifty inbuilt features like metronome/play along tracks.
now, if you're getting a bottom of the line electric, don't even bother seriously. they're pathetic.
higher end ones, however, eg above $1500, allow you to upload your own samples, ie if you don't like the snare sounds they have built in the kit, you can upload your own sound. also you can adjust the relative loudness of each pad which is great.
if you're gonna be playing metal, chances are you're going to trigger your bass drum. you will, trust me. with a good electric drum kit, you don't need to cause you can just adjust the affinity of the bass drum head.
+ves and -ves. i wish i had an electric kit 
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June 30th, 2008, 11:05 PM
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Mmmmm, Blast Beats
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I do not know what the fuss is about electric/triggered drums because 90% (probably even more) of all modern recordings use some sort of triggering of sample replacement for the drums. You're kidding yourself if you think you're hearing all completely real drum sets now adays.
The technology behind electric drums have progressed so far that they pretty much can replicate the real thing. Just listen to a Roland TD-20 and see if you can notice and difference with those sounds to a real acoustic kit. Want even better sounds? Plug the module into Toon Tracks EZ Drummer then their is no way you can tell the difference.
Nothing bad with drummers using electronics to enhance their sound, we all know guitarists do it all the time, now it's our turn.
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July 1st, 2008, 12:27 AM
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Humppa Man!!!
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E-drumms are good as an addition to acoustic ones in playing arrangements on concerts
triggered drumms are used widely,DemonJay is right. Most of bands prefere their drumms sound as flap on bass drumm,
E-drumms are good for rehearse and train at home ut on headphones and play as loud,as you want 
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July 15th, 2008, 10:25 AM
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Dark and tranquil
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Nottingham, UK
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I'm interested in using e-drums to trigger sounds on my PC via MIDI. I have DFHS which has perfectly usable sounds, but I dunno which e-drums would be worth getting, given that I don't want some that are too cheap to be playable, and I don't want to pay money for expensive sample sets I won't use. Any recommendations?
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July 15th, 2008, 11:07 AM
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anti fender/gibson/esp
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: colorado springs, CO
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i like the v drum heads. you can tighten them down and get a ton of snap back, which is what i like. and on the new ones, you can program anything to be a cymbal, which was a concern of mine before. being limited to just the 3 "cymbals". but you can program each cymbal to have 2 cymbal sounds, and each rim as a cymbal as well. you can also mute em.
electric drums have come a long way. however, the cost is way too high the one i was looking at is over 5000
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