Are Electric Drum Sets FINALLY BETTER THAN Acoustic Drums?

Are Electric Drum Sets FINALLY BETTER THAN Acoustic Drums?

Almost every conversation I have with drummers about electric drum sets have a negative slant to them. Why is that? BECAUSE OF THE HIHAT!!!

In this video I teamed up with Sweetwater to talk about the new Roland V-Pad VH-14D Digital Hi-Hat Controller that they have developed that FIXES all of the issues with electronic drum set hihats.

I’m playing a Roland TD-27 KV Electronic Drum Set Gen 1 drum set in this video. The gen 2 of this kit comes with the upgraded hihat. I have never loved playing on electric drums…but this changed that. It was extremely enjoyable to play an electric hihat that responded in real time to my drumming needs.

Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts on electric drum sets!

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Drums: Roland V-Drums TD-27KV

Sticks: Vic Firth 5A

Microphones: Lauten

[StephenTaylorDrums]

Doesn't matter what I think...what do YOU think? Leave a comment and let me know!

Almost every conversation I have with drummers about electric drum sets have a negative slant to them. Why is that? BECAUSE OF THE HIHAT!!!

In this video I teamed up with Sweetwater to talk about the new Roland V-Pad VH-14D Digital Hi-Hat Controller that they have developed that FIXES all of the issues with electronic drum set hihats.

I’m playing a Roland TD-27 KV Electronic Drum Set Gen 1 drum set in this video. The gen 2 of this kit comes with the upgraded hihat. I have never loved playing on electric drums…but this changed that. It was extremely enjoyable to play an electric hihat that responded in real time to my drumming needs.

[loganb]

Why am I 6 minutes into this video and still haven't heard this hi-hat yet

[Carrotyfungus]

$1200 just seems crazy to me for a rubber hi hat. You can buy a whole set of high end cymbals for that. $1200 for just one piece boggles my mind

[RCSmiths]

I have an E-kit. It is really fun to utilize with so many features, but there will always be the strongest sense of utility, feel, and satisfaction that acoustics have the E-kits sometimes don't. Awesome man!

[charliesimon]

I bought the VH14d hats recently and it’s a game changer. I now play my ekit more than my acoustic, which has always caused sound complaints.

[mxzpoop]

Great video! One small mistake at the end there, when you upgraded the drum kit to the generation 2 TD-27, it actually already includes the better hi hat cymbals, so you can take out the $1, 149.99 hi hat controller, and it will actually end up being about $3800 instead of what you said.

Sorry to nitpick lol I actually bought the TD-27 gen 2 a few weeks ago so I noticed what you did

[flyrodu]

Complaining stops at 9:00 and you get the real review then.

[michaelmacleod]

The 'sweet water guy turning up to the house to see if you wanted to check-out' had me in stitches!

[ytpremium]

We're years away before an e kit is indistinguishable from a real one

[cwTheDrummist]

Agreed... the biggest struggle on e-kits for me is the hi-hats. This is great news! I loved the comparison of the e-kit price to a comparable acoustic kit price. Very helpful. Thanks for this!

[KevStevens-Music-Drums-Art]

You also need to factor in that you can play an E-kit anytime at home without annoying the neighbours and you get a multitude of kits in one and it's ideal for recording and plugging directly into the live front-of -house PA with ultimate control.

[davenelson]

OMG you took 8 and half minutes to get to the hihat and then you TALKED THE WHOLE TIME OVER TRYING THING OUT. WHY?!?!?!?

[adam_churchfront]

Love the price comparison! for my students (at churches) they also have to consider a $1200 mic package and $3000 drum shield if they go with an acoustic kit

[FFN]

My 2 cents. I have the new hats and the Roland VAD507. They are incredible. It should be considered another tool in the drummers tool box. Been an acoustic drummer for 30 years. I see a lot of resistance towards E drums in general in the drumming community. Aside from price as they are not cheap, I don't understand the resistance. The technology is here, the future is here. They are an incredible tool to use in lower volume venues and have many more advantages over acoustic kits. They are not a replacement for acoustic drums, E kits and acoustic drums are 2 different animals. A skilled drummer is still a drummer and they should be able to play on E drums or Acoustic when needed.

[sig]

Just bought a TD27kvx 2 and I love it!

[Daphoid]

Glad to hear it's improved. Only comment is it took 7 minutes to get the actual testing part to see if the new one really was better than the old :)

[bengraves]

Dont forget that if you are a pro drummer, charging for playing, you will need to bring your spare e drum kit in case one breaks so factor in the cost of owning and transporting two kits.

[joshgragg]

Hi Stephen, I initially had the same problem with my VH-11 D. BUT, I found that if you adjust the twist that's on the clutch on the upper portion of the hi-hit it will impact the sensitivity to allow it to splash or trigger notes differently depending on how hard you press the pedal. I was aggravated too when it wasn't doing what I wanted it to, but this definitely made it feel more like I wanted it to when I wasn't able to get that problem to go away even after tuning it in the module.

[leitwolf]

I've an e drum set in my appartment and I exchanged immediately the rubber hihat against a silent acoustic hihat, using the same machine. So I did with the ride cymbal. Now I'm very happy with this combination cause of the realistic feeling. You only have to use an open headphone to hear enough from the cymbals.

[chezchezchezchez]

I’m completely surprised that you didn’t add in this fact:

The 14 – D sounds a lot better with the T – 50 X because there’s more subtle multi samples when you’re opening and closing the hi hat.