how good are electronic drums?

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mixing edrums and acoustic drums adds something really special to the music. it makes it really interesting. And if you play a high end Ekit then there is almost no difference in the feel of the drums, they even use REAL Remo heads.
 
Sorry sandro, but if you cant tell a difference between the mesh perferated head on a roland set, and the sweet responsive feel from a real drum head, then you are messed up! It is like driving a corvette then stepping out, and playing GTA on your computer, there is such a difference. I agree that E-drums create unhealthy habbits, like cymbal technique. Sure they just require throwing them in a room and plugging in a 1/4" cord, but that takes all the fun out of learning technique as far as tuning, micing, eqing, and generally playing in different situations. There is no substitute to the feel of a real drum, from the initial tone, to the decay of the overtones, to the stick response, to the dynamics of accents, no E-drum out there can even come close to them. I am not trying to step on anyones toes, but E-drums suck big ones!!!!!!
 
I'm not trying to convert anybody...

I agree that nothing electronic can ever duplicate the real thing. So if you MUST HAVE the real thing, then yeah, e-drums suck.
 
Like, asuming well taken care of, how long do electronic drums usually last?
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Forever :)

I have two simmons drumkits merged together into one kit, with various other roland drum pads mixed in, and its never failed me. Of course I got rid of the simmon's analog brains long time ago, and feed the drumpads to a midi trigger to fire newer, better sounding drum machines and samplers.

From my viewpoint, as a studio owner, I see two major advantages to owning and using an electronic drumkit.

First, it tears down and takes up less space than an acoustic drum kit.

Second, you can change the sounds as often as you want to buy modules, drum machines, or samples.

A minor advantage in midi recording, is one can adjust timing and or imperfections should the drummer not be the most amazing drummer in the world. A little quantization goes a long way if its subtle.

Drum pads have a different feel of course than real drums, and the like/dislike of the feel has to do with the drummer. Some folks like 'em, some folks do not. Electronic versus acoustic is one of those debates that will never be resolved, because both have advantages over the other.

For me, as a studio owner and non-drummer, I like the fact I can fit the entire electronic kit into a closet and still have room for other stuff. If I were a true drummer, I might feel differently.

Though of the several clients that's used my studios over the years, no one's really bitched about the kit I have. Some drummers bring a full setup, some use my kit, hey, its whatever works.

I happen to agree with other's comments that using "real" cymbals is a good thing, I've yet to really like sampled cymbals or hi-hats. Tolerable yes, awesome, no.

Best of luck!
 
Jblount said:
Sorry sandro, but if you cant tell a difference between the mesh perferated head on a roland set, and the sweet responsive feel from a real drum head, then you are messed up! It is like driving a corvette then stepping out, and playing GTA on your computer, there is such a difference. I agree that E-drums create unhealthy habbits, like cymbal technique. Sure they just require throwing them in a room and plugging in a 1/4" cord, but that takes all the fun out of learning technique as far as tuning, micing, eqing, and generally playing in different situations. There is no substitute to the feel of a real drum, from the initial tone, to the decay of the overtones, to the stick response, to the dynamics of accents, no E-drum out there can even come close to them. I am not trying to step on anyones toes, but E-drums suck big ones!!!!!!
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have you ever played a Roland TD-10 or the DDrum Ekit?
 
Yes, I have played every kit Roland makes, from the club kit to the studio custom. They are interesting to play with, but not to play music with. Why not just sample some drum loops in fruity loops, export to a wave file, and save it to a cd, then you dont even have to play! I have also tried the Yamaha DT Xpress kit, the ddrum kit, the pintech kit with roland module, the pintech visions kit, the hart dynamics kit, the Roland v-kit, the Roland V-concert series. They all suck badly, every one of them is so far from being real it is not even funny.
 
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