Questions on Electric Drum Kits

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Hey all.. about to record an EP with a small indi label and they want us to record the drums before we go into their studio (i said it was a small indi label right?).. so they suggest we go to the studio we rehearse in and record the drums there... i am a firm believer in the drum sound being the first place that small time recordings fall... a shitty drum sound is like screwing up the onions and trying to get the rest of meal right... lol

so what were thinking is to get an electric kit (we were thinking about getting one anyways for rehearsing quietly) and recording the drums through it.. cos then there'll be no noise an crap.. we were looking at either the 'Trap E400' or the yamaha DTXpress IV (standard) or III or else maybe the Roland TD3KW.... which is the one to go for?

the other thing is that we were wandering if it could be just used as a midi trigger system to trigger reason drum kits 2 refill? cos from what I've seen they sound awesome and are prob much better than any of the crap u'r gonna get inside the drum modules???

cheers

RoCl
 
You can use it as a midi kit, you would just have to record the midi output into a sequencer.
 
cool man,thanks.. do I just assign each of the trigger pads to a track in the sequencer and then link that to the drums yeah.... cool.. which kit do ya reckon will be the best for what were up to?
 
What about putting triggers on the acoustic kit, and recording both at the same time? That way, you can blend the two to your tastes. As clean as electric kits are when recording, there's something special about an acoustic kit.
 
yeah, no for sure thats a good idea... we gotta buy the electric kit for quiet practices anyways so both the yamaha DTXpress IV (standard) and the roland TD3KW go for roughly the same price.... which is better or at least what advantages do they hold over each other?
 
In the end the question comes down to "which is better - for you". With that said, I'm preferential to the yahamas. Yahama's drums sounds come from recording actual yahama drums. So you've got authentic drum sounds from an actual acoustic drum manuf.

Roland is a keyboard company (yes, I know they make other stuff).

I would highly recommend going to a music store and playing both sets and have the sales people show you how to tweak everything. I think that you'll find the yamahas are much more configurable and really just a better deal overall. But maybe you'll come out of there thinking the roland meets your needs better.

Either way.. record midi, and in the studio you can use whatever drum sounds you want.
 
Anyone who implies Yamaha electronic kits might be better than a Roland kit hasn't done their homework.. I say this as an owner of a Yamaha kit btw. If I had the budget I would have gone for Rolands without blinking. Even the 3kw, while being near the bottom rung, has dual triggers on many pads, a mesh snare, and semi real hi-hat action, not to mention superior sounding samples. Yamaha's lower end models lack all of these things. Get the 3kw.
 
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Anyone who implies Yamaha electronic kits might be better than a Roland kit hasn't done their homework.. I say this as an owner of a Yamaha kit btw. If I had the budget I would have gone for Rolands without blinking. Even the 3kw, while being near the bottom rung, has dual triggers on many pads, a mesh snare, and semi real hi-hat action, not to mention superior sounding samples. Yamaha's lower end models lack all of these things. Get the 3kw.
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It can do the cymbal choke, as well, if I am not mistaken.
 
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