Suggestions for electronic drum set?

brassplyer said:
It might end up being strictly for the enjoyment of developing a skill for my own amusement, maybe recording that I might never use in public and a full-on drumset seems more problematic to break down and put somewhere if you need the space plus maintenance issues - and from what I see way more expensive for a pro-level set. Also much more involved to record. Hard to envision a scenario where I'd play drums with a live big band instead of trumpet.
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It talkes me significantly longer to set up the electric kit than my acoustic kit. It's also more fragile. If a wire in the harness breaks I'm done.
 
Supercreep said:
It talkes me significantly longer to set up the electric kit than my acoustic kit. It's also more fragile. If a wire in the harness breaks I'm done.
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But it doesn't take a van full of cases to store it right? I remember everyone helping the drummer unload and load everything at gigs. It can be stored in a much more compact space? Or no?
 
brassplyer said:
a full-on drumset seems more problematic to break down
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I think it depends on the kit, how many toms and cymbals one uses and how regularly the kit is set up. When I'm on a recording roll, say, 5 sessions over 3 weeks, by the 3rd set-up, I'm used to it and can move quite quickly. When I had the electric kit, it took me a little longer, or at least the same time to set up because of all the wiring. Mind you, some of that may have been due to the different requirements of the specific drummers that would be using the kit.
brassplyer said:
and put somewhere if you need the space plus maintenance issues
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I bought the Arbiter Flat-Lites kit back in 2005 or 6 when I decided to go back to an acoustic kit after a couple of years with the Roland TD6 {I had a TD10 brain which was great in that it had 8 outputs and I'd also bought a mesh-head snare which was good, but didn't do rim-shots as well as the advertising promised} and the main reason I went for the Flats was that the entire kit could be placed into 2 bags. The larger of the two bags is literally like a sports kit bag. They've lived for 18 or so years behind the bed in my sons' bedroom. No one ever notices them and any drummers that I've recorded with have been amazed when I tell them "I have a kit at home" and even more amazed when I show them where I put it. The bass drum is flat, the toms are virtually flat and the snare isn't deep.
 
Supercreep said:
It talkes me significantly longer to set up the electric kit than my acoustic kit. It's also more fragile. If a wire in the harness breaks I'm done.
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The drummer in my psychedelic band sometimes uses her e-kit for road gigs. It is way more compact once you've gotten it broken down and loaded up, but you're right that her setup and teardown takes ages when she uses it.
She's a soft-handed drummer too, so damage to the kit from playing isn't much of a concern, but transit can be.
 
brassplyer said:
But it doesn't take a van full of cases to store it right? I remember everyone helping the drummer unload and load everything at gigs. It can be stored in a much more compact space? Or no?
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I have a Roland VAD kit, so it's normal-sized drum shells and stands. But then I have to wire the kit to the module and calibrate the hihats. That adds another 7-10 minutes. If the light isn't good during setup it can be a PITA.
 
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