The Best Micro Kits | Tama, Yamaha, Sonor, Pearl & PDP | Gear Check | Thomann

Sometimes one doesn't have much space to set up a drum kit - many brands came up with really cool micro kits to solve this problem and still give you a great sound at a minimum size. In this video, Andi from @ArtOfDrumming gives you an overview of our favorite micro drum kits.
Which one do you have at home or like best? Comment below!

00:00 - Intro
00:14 - What does micro kit mean?
00:41 - PDP New Yorker
03:30 - Tama Cocktail Jam Kit
06:38 - Yamaha Stage Custom Hip
09:29 - Sonor AQX Micro Kit
12:25 - Pearl Compact Traveler Bundle
14:43 - Just a quick summary
15:09 - Which of the kits did you like most?

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Drum Equipment in this video:

PDP New Yorker
Tama Cocktail Jam Kit
Yamaha Stage Custom Hip
Sonor AQX Micro Kit
Pearl Compact Traveler Bundle

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[tim]

No joke: I played the AQX Micro Set at a Gig in a Church and on the recording, it sounds like a 20" Bass Drum. This Set is amazing!

[Jay]

PDP NEW YORKER HAS MY VOTE!!! THE BEST KIT I HAVE EVER OWNED!!! 💪🏽

[ultragkart]

I have the Tama club jam pancake and I love it! These small kits are sick

[edpias]

I have the Pearl compact traveler and I love it. When the bass drum is mic'd, it's pretty amazing.

[MrBrombomb]

I have both the Tama Silverstar Cocktail Jam & the Pearl Compact traveler. I’m amazed at how full the sound of the cocktail Jam kit is for its size. It’s perfect for my small efficiency apartment. I play it with a regular hi hat, cymbal stand, and two cymbal booms clamped to the drum hardware as well as a boom stacker for the splash cymbal. My cymbal setup for this kit includes Zildjian A series crash, crash/ride, China, hihat, & splash. I love how great this kit sounds, how easy it is to transport, & how little space it takes up. When I can afford to do so, I will be replacing the traditional hihat stand with a cable controlled remote hi hat mounted on the drum hardware. i got the Pearl Compact Traveler when there was no add-on tom pack for it. So I improvised & used a set of Tama mini Tymps as toms for the kit. Out of the 2 micro drum kits I own, I like the Tama Cocktail Jam kit the best for its sound even as partial as I am to Pearl because my full size kit is a Pearl with Pearl hardware.

[Michael-xwer]

The Yamaha Stage Custom normal size kit with birch shells sounds amazing for the price so a shrunk down travel size kit might be the way to go. Wish they made the rack tom just one inch deeper for more tuning options!

[darrylpugh]

I own and play the Ludwig Breakbeat kit by Questlove. It’s a Micro kit that deserves to be heard.

[eartraffic]

I have a "RIMS" drum kit. Pretty old by todays standards, but like that pearl kit...just floating heads. And they sound great!

[AlekseyFilippovHuzzah]

Sonor is the best sounding for me here! Yamaha is cool in its own way with the hybrid tom! And pdp is probably a solid go to.

[elliot]

Absolutely love the color of the PDP kit. Sounds great too.

[jppavon]

I’ve got the tama club jam kit. Not the cocktail kit. And I love it! 18/10/14 with a 13 snare. It’s got a lot of pop!🥁

[DerTimLP]

Would have loved to see the Pearl Midtown Kit in there aswell. But overall great comparison and presentation of these kits. I was really surprised by the Yamaha and Soner sets!

[ももちゃん-fw]

finally! i picked up the pink pdp kit and have been so excited for it to arrive, i had been looking online for any videos of it and finally found a good vid! can't wait for them to arrive tomorrow!

[vincenzoa]

I have the Sonor Safari kit with 16” bass, 10” rack and 14” floor and it sounds and looks great!

[gcorriveau]

I'm happy with the Pearl Traveler kit - super portable. But when I want an 'extended' kit, I add a Pearl Short Fuse Piccolo 13x3.5'' Snare Drum. I use the original snare as a hi tom (with the snare off).

[Pigrat.]

For side by side comparisons
1:24 PDP New Yorker (Low)
2:29 PDP New Yorker (High)
4:58 Tama Cocktail Jam Kit (Kick Damp on)
5:30 Tama Cocktail Jam Kit (Kick Damp off)
7:30 Yamaha Stage Custom Hip (Low)
8:44 Yamaha Stage Custom Hip (High)
10:16 Sonor AQX Mictro Kit (Low)
11:38 Sonor AQX Micro Kit (High)
12:43 Pearl Compact Traveler Bundle

[daleloyola]

As a professional drummer for over 60 years, too have gone to smaller kits. But what I heard in your video had the bass drum at half or less of the volume of the kit. I play R&B and beat the #$@^% out of my New Yorker 20" BD.

[compucorder]

I liked how the PDP sounded most. Deep, punchy, but kinda mellow and almost sounding like the drum breaks on a 70s jazz / funk record. I guess people like Elvin Jones played similar sized 18" and even 16" bass drum sized small gretsch jazz kits. Nice nimble woody sound.

[ddykyze]

Thank for such a comprehensive video - and your playing is Super-Cool ! My personal fave, is actually the PDP New Yorker; it's just the one for me, cheers from Texas !

[misspopcorn-girl]

Boy you are a GREAT drummer....keep on inspiring dude! I bet you could make trash cans sound great!